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Himyarite

( a script )

Type of script: Abjad
Script category: Southern semitic script family
Deciphered by: Emil Rödiger, Wilhelm Gesenius,
Period of use: 600 B.C.E. - 500 C.E.
Writing-direction: Variable
Parent script: Southern Linear (show family tree)
Names: Himyarite, Sabean/Minean script, Old South Arabian scripts

The following scripts were created based on this script (show family tree):

More information

Article:    http://www.ancientscripts.com/s_arabn.html   

Lars Marius Garshol, Ontopian.