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, Egypt. Probably Nabataean period. The British Museum, London
  • Lepsius's route in 1859, showing the inscriptions
    Lepsius's route in 1859, showing the inscriptions
  • Wadi Mukattab in the 1869 Ordnance Survey map
    Wadi Mukattab in the 1869 Ordnance Survey map
  • Nabataean inscriptions in the Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum in Wadi Mukattab
    Nabataean inscriptions in the Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum in Wadi Mukattab

See also

References

Citations
  1. Rothenberg & Weyer (1979), p. 100.
  2. Bowersock (1983), p. 94.
  3. Dahari, Calderson & Israel (2000), p. 14.

Bibliography
  • Bowersock, Glen Warren (1983), Roman Arabia, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, ISBN 0-674-77756-5
  • Dahari, Uzi; Calderson, Rivka; Israel, Rashut ha-attiqot (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; Weyer, Helfried (1979), Sinai: Pharaohs, Miners, Pilgrims, and Soldiers, Binns, ISBN 978-0896740020.

28.8616°N 33.4227°E / 28.8616; 33.4227


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