Wadi Mukattab
The Wadi Mukattab (Arabic for "Valley of Writing"), also known as the Valley of Inscriptions, is a wadi on Egypt's Sinai Peninsula near St Catherine's Monastery. It links the main road in the Wadi Feiran with the Wadi Maghareh's ancient turquoise mining area.[1] The wadi is named after its valley's many petroglyphs. Nabataean [2] and Greek [3] inscriptions are abundant.
Fragmentary natural slab, red sandstone. It is incised with Nabataean or Sinaitic inscriptions. From Wadi Mukattab, Palestine. Probably Nabataean period. The British Museum, London
See also
- Georgian graffiti of Nazareth and Sinai
- Rivers of Egypt
- Biblical Sinai
References
Citations
- Rothenberg & al. (1980), p. 100.
- Bowersock (1983), p. 94.
- Dahari & al. (2000), p. 14.
Bibliography
- Bowersock, Glen Warren (1983), Roman Arabia, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, ISBN 0-674-77756-5.
- Dahari, Uzi (2000), Monastic Settlements in South Sinai in the Byzantine Period: The Archaeological Remains, Israel Antiquities Authorities Reports, No. 9, Israel Antiquities Authority, ISBN 978-9654060370.
- Rothenberg, Benno; et al. (1980), Sinai: Pharaohs, Miners, Pilgrims, and Soldiers, Binns, ISBN 978-0896740020.
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