Umm Qraieh, a stone with rock art southwest of Petra
Part of : Mediterranean archaeology & archaeometry : international journal ; Vol.15, No.2, 2015, pages 1-10
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This paper presents and discusses the archaeological evidence for Ancient rock art and Thamudic inscriptions from a site in al-Rajif south of Petra in southern Jordan. The site is a large sandstone called Umm Qraieh “Mother of reading” by the local people in the village of al-Rajif. Human and animal figures, inscriptions, footprints and other symbols were engraved on the upper surface of the stone during multiple periods. The paper includes a reading of the deciphered inscriptions and a discussion concerning rock art in general and the significance of Umm Qraieh in particular.
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Umm Qraieh, rock art, ibex, Thamudic, al-Rajif
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