ABSTRACT This contribution edits a newly discovered Paleo‐Arabic inscription from Wādī al‐Šuwayṭī in the northeastern Jordanian Ḥarrah. The inscription is dated to the reign of a king called ʾmndr , identified by the authors as the Jafnid ruler Al‐Mundhir III ibn al‐Harith. Some remarks on its implications about Arab rulership and identity are also offered.

ABSTRACT This study presents a new epigraphic inscription from Ḥimā (Najrān, Saudi Arabia), which records the arrival of an individual from ʿUmān during the reign of Abīyathaʿ Ghaylān, king of the Amīr tribe. Written in a South Arabian script but showing non‐Ancient South Arabian—possibly Hasaitic—linguistic features, the inscription provides rare evidence of trans‐Arabian mobility and diplomatic relations during the Hellenistic period. By contextualizing this text alongside other inscriptions and coins from southern and eastern Arabia, the article explores the political role of Abīyathaʿ, the integration of the al‐Asd tribe and the significance of long‐distance networks involving Gerrha and Mleiha. A newly discovered graffito referencing the gentilic Ġr‐ite also contributes to ongoing debates on the ancient name of Gerrha. The use of regnal and Seleucid‐era dating in these inscriptions offers further insight into evolving chronological systems across pre‐Islamic Arabia.

ABSTRACT Past studies of graffiti containing the word ΜΝΗΣΘΗ have never fully established its intrinsic meaning. However, due to the existence of the Aramaic term DKYR, which carries a seemingly identical meaning to ΜΝΗΣΘΗ, in similar contexts in the Roman Near East, a comparison between both words is possible. Four distinct sites where the coexistence of these words is attested were chosen: the cities of Dura‐Europos and Palmyra, and the desertic zones of Wādī Ramm and Wādī Mukattab. The variety of archaeological contexts and the range of formulae allow for a comprehensive examination of their occurrences, especially in areas where they co‐occur in multilingual inscriptions. It appears that these inscriptions can encompass a wide range of functions. Furthermore, Greek texts appear to bear a comparable significance to the Aramaic DKYR, whose meaning is more readily discernible and has contributed to the use of ΜΝΗΣΘΗ in the epigraphic tradition.

ABSTRACT In 2019, the Dadan Archaeological Project (CNRS/RCU/AFALULA) identified a Late Antique village 1 km south of ancient Dadan in the al‐ʿUlā valley (northwest Saudi Arabia). Three excavation seasons at this site (2021–2023) have uncovered a massive building constructed in the late third or early fourth cent. CE —likely over a former Minaean settlement of the third–first cent. BCE —and used until the first half of the seventh cent. CE . These excavations provide the first archaeological evidence about the last two centuries before Islam (early fifth to early seventh cent. CE ), a period previously uncharted in the archaeology of northwest Arabia. An interdisciplinary approach to this site—incorporating archaeology, ceramology, macrolithic tool studies, archaeobotany, archaeozoology and geo‐archaeology—provides the first insights on the material culture, agricultural practices, diet, and even the religious identity of its inhabitants.

ABSTRACT The Jumeirah Archaeological Research Project seeks to reassess the long‐term occupation of Jumeirah through an integrated study of three key archaeological sites—Jumeirah 1, 2 and 3. This study builds upon previous excavations and archival data to refine the chronology of the settlement and examine whether these sites functioned as a single entity throughout the Islamic period. A study of architectural decoration, supported by the findings of the architectural analysis, indicates that at a certain period of time, the sites of Jumeirah 1 and 2 functioned within one spatially coherent settlement. Re‐examination of the pottery assemblage allows us to identify this phase as Abbasid. While the spatial extent of Jumeirah in other periods is more difficult to establish, pottery evidence confirms continuous occupation of varying intensity throughout the Umayyad, Middle Islamic and Late Islamic periods. The integration of Jumeirah 3 into this reconstruction awaits future excavation.

ABSTRACT The knowledge of Early and Middle Bronze Age ceramics in Northwest Arabia remains limited, particularly in the Medina region, due to the scarcity of archaeological contexts dated to the fourth–first half of the second millennium BCE . Recent research in the Khaybar oasis has revealed significant Bronze Age occupation. Since 2021, the Khaybar Longue Durée Archaeological Project (Khaybar LDAP ) has dedicated substantial efforts to analysing and characterising pre‐Islamic ceramics. This article presents a comprehensive study of a corpus of Bronze Age pottery from securely dated contexts, with additional insights coming from an examination of the survey assemblage. It provides, for the first time, a complete set of chrono‐typological and technological data from Early and Middle Bronze Age pottery assemblages in the region, which has enabled the identification of a ‘Burnished Ware Horizon’ in Northwest Arabia during a time of emergent rural urbanism in the mid/late third–early second millennium BCE .

ABSTRACT This study examines plant‐based foods, their production, foraging and trade, as well as the flora of Failaka Island during the Late Islamic period. Archaeobotanical analysis of charred food remains, fuels and domestic waste recovered from the sediments of the Kharaib al‐Dasht site provides insights into the diet and subsistence economy of the island. The recovered seeds indicate the consumption of cultivated cereals, including free‐threshing wheat, barley and rice, as well as fruits and berries such as date palm, grape and plum/cherry. While these staple food products could have been imported, archaeobotanical evidence suggests the local cultivation of wheat. Additionally, the recorded wild plants are characteristic of the island's xerophilous flora. These findings offer valuable material evidence for understanding the history of food consumption, trade and the environmental conditions of Failaka during the Late Islamic period.