Abstract
The Classical Arabian sources, such as (kitab Al-Iklìl, viii), mentioned that Himyar had two types of pre-Islamic texts. One type was called (Masānid), written in (Musnad script). The other type was called (Zubur), and was written in (Zabûr script). But those sources did not mention the differences between the two types of texts. A first reply of such queries appeared in modern period, after the deciphering of more than thousands of monumental inscriptions and number of texts written on wood. Through comparing the script, writing-materials, language, and contents of the two types of inscriptions, this study aimed to answer the question: Why did the ancient Yemeni used two types of texts?
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