Dedicated to publish distinctive research papers and articles the fields of writings and scripts, the Abgadiyat journal is not restricted to specific geographical locations, historical eras, or sets of writings, calligraphies, and inscriptions. However, the editors of journal aspire to select a variety of outstanding scientific research papers that are peer-reviewed by prominent scientists and specialists in numerous of fields. The first issue, thus, overflows with abundant research papers presenting the following topics: ancient Arabic scripts and writings, such as the South Arabian alphabet; the economic aspects of the demotic papyri; the hieroglyphic inscriptions; and the Ancient Egyptian language in the Ptolemaic period.
In light of the BA role to become a place of dialogue, learning and understanding between cultures and peoples, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina has sought—through issuing The Abgadiyat journal—to create an arena for diverse perspectives in the controversial field of writing and scripts, which is regarded as the foundation of all cultures and civilizations.
The Abstracts:
Contents
Analytical Study of a New Minaean Inscription
Legal Expression in House Documents in the Ptolemy Period, Demotic Documents
Cryptography in Ancient Egyptian Civilization
Lintel of Seti I in the Greco-Roman Museum in Alexandria
Male and Female Slaves in Arabian Peninsula texts before Islam
The Development of Kufic Calligraphy in Yemen starting from the emergence of Islam untill the end of the Ayyubid Period (1-626/ 622-1229) CE
Foundational texts in Moa’az bin Jabal Mosque in the Gond Taiz city, its content and historical and structural significance
Study of Tombstone and foundation text of El Mansour Be-Allah El Hussein, in the dome of Mausoleum Dome of El Abhar Mosque in Sana’a
Tombstone of Salah El Din Bin Salah Bin Hassan: Study and Verification
Inscriptions of Generalife
Towards a canon of Egyptian calligraphy by reference to calligraphy in East Asia
Egyptian Hieratic writing in the Levant in the 1st millennium BCE
A note on the Old kingsom wD-nsw heading
On the verge of Ptolemaic Egyptian graphical trends in the 30th dynasty