Tablet De Geest
3rd-century tablet with Palmyrene writing found in Hoq Cave, Socotra, Yemen
The Tablet De Geest is a wooden tablet found in the Hoq Cave on the island of Socotra, in the Guardafui Channel off the tip of the Horn of Africa. The wooden tablet measures 50x20 cm and contains writing in the Palmyrene alphabet; it is dated to the third century AD, and is named for Peter De Geest, a Belgian caver who discovered it in 2000/2001.[1][2]
References
- ^ Robin, Christian Julien; Gorea, Maria (2002). "Les vestiges antiques de la grotte de Hôq (Suqutra, Yémen) (note d'information)". Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. 146 (2): 409–445.
- ^ Gorea, Maria (2015-01-01). "Palmyra and Socotra, Foreign Sailors on Socotra, herausgegeben von I. Strauch, Bremen, Hempen, 2012, p. 447-457, 463-482". Academia.edu. Retrieved 2023-12-29.