Nabataean alphabet

The Nabataean writing is the sign system of the Nabataeans. It developed in the 2nd century BC from a westaramäischen consonantal script. Their development can be traced precisely due to numerous inscriptions, including the Wadi Rum and Petra. Were the ligatures of the Aramaic alphabet still pretty upright so increases the slope of the same increasingly in the course of development. At the same time they moved closer together. From the Nabataean script was in the 4th and 5th centuries produced the Arabic script.