Wadi Mukattab
Egyptian site known for ancient inscriptions
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The Wadi Mukattab (Arabic for "Valley of Writing"), also known as the Valley of Inscriptions,[1] 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.[2] The wadi is named after its valley's many petroglyphs. Nabataean [3] and Greek [4] inscriptions are abundant.
Notable inscriptions
- Several texts use the provincial dating system introduced after Roman annexation of Arabia in 106 AD, including dates of "year 45" and "year 85 of the province" (i.e., AD 149 and AD 191).[1]
- One inscription mentions "the three Caesars," likely the Severan emperors Septimius Severus, Caracalla, and Geta.[1]
Gallery
Lepsius's route in 1859, showing the inscriptions
Wadi Mukattab in the 1869 Ordnance Survey map
Nabataean inscriptions in the Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum in Wadi Mukattab
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