[MES Forum] Congratulations to Dr. Ahmad Al-Jallad on Groundbreaking Research

[McClimans, Melinda]

Dear MES Forum Members,

We are pleased to share news about a member of our community. Professor Ahmad Al-Jallad’s<https://nesa.osu.edu/people/al-jallad.1> contribution to the decipherment of the Dhofari script from Oman has been published in the journal Nature. The work continues a proud tradition of the study of Arabia in antiquity, and advances Ohio State’s role in the field.

The breakthrough research reveals a previously unknown South Arabian language and offers crucial insights into the history and development of ancient writing systems in Arabia.

This accomplishment is a testament to Dr. Al-Jallad's unwavering dedication to hard work and scholarly excellence. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Al-Jallad on this extraordinary achievement!

https://www.science.org/content/article/mysterious-pre-islamic-script-oman-finally-deciphered


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Mysterious pre-Islamic script from Oman finally deciphered - AAAS<https://www.science.org/content/article/mysterious-pre-islamic-script-oman-finally-deciphered>
Rock faces within the caves and dried riverbeds of Oman’s Dhofar governorate bear nearly 2400-year-old writings that snake across the surface in a mysterious script. For more than a century, these inscriptions—known as the Dhofari script—had defied decipherment. Now, in a study in press at the journal Jaarbericht Ex Oriente Lux, a linguist says he has deciphered the main subtype of the ...
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best,

Joy


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Dr. Joy McCorriston, Professor
Director, Middle East Studies Center

Joan N. Huber Faculty Fellow



Department of Anthropology
The Ohio State University
4034 Smith Laboratory
174 W. 18th Ave. Columbus, OH 43214



“Persistent Pastoralism: Monuments & Settlements in the Archaeology of Dhofar” https://www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress/Products/9781803274539

“Landscape History of Hadramawt” https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3hm5b9p0



“World Prehistory and the Anthropocene” https://wwnorton.com/books/9780500843185

“Pilgrimage and Household in the Ancient Near East” https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/archaeology/ancient-near-east1/pilgrimage-and-household-ancient-near-east?format=HB&isbn=9780521768511


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