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title: Jabal Ikmah
author: Fiona Richards
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20346/jabal-ikmah/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2025-04-14
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# Jabal Ikmah

_Authored by [Fiona Richards](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/fiona.richards/)_

## Image File

[![Jabal Ikmah](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/20346.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/20346.jpg)

## Image Caption

Jabal Ikmah, often referred to as an 'open-air library', contains hundreds of inscriptions engraved and carved in relief on the rock faces and boulders of a gorge, not far from Dadan, the seat of the Dadanite and Lihhyanite kingdoms, in Saudi [Arabia](https://www.worldhistory.org/Arabia/). Most inscriptions are written in the Dadanitic [script](https://www.worldhistory.org/script/) and language and date to the second half of the first millennium BCE.

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## About the Author

Fiona excavated, travelled and worked as a guide in the Middle East for over 20 years. Specialist and author of two books on Egyptian Scarab Seals, she founded Timeless Travels Magazine in 2014. She was awarded journalist of the Year 2018 & 2020.
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## Cite This Work

### APA
Richards, F. (2025, April 13). Jabal Ikmah. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20346/jabal-ikmah/>
### Chicago
Richards, Fiona. "Jabal Ikmah." *World History Encyclopedia*, April 13, 2025. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20346/jabal-ikmah/>.
### MLA
Richards, Fiona. "Jabal Ikmah." *World History Encyclopedia*, 13 Apr 2025, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20346/jabal-ikmah/>.

## License & Copyright

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