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

1. Rothenberg & al. (1980), p. 100. sfnp error: no target: CITEREFRothenberg_&_al.1980 (help)
2. Bowersock (1983), p. 94.
3. 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.