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title: Inscriptions and Petroglyphs at Jabal Ikmah
author: UNESCO / Jonathan Rashad
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20347/inscriptions-and-petroglyphs-at-jabal-ikmah/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
updated: 2025-04-14
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# Inscriptions and Petroglyphs at Jabal Ikmah

_Authored by UNESCO / Jonathan Rashad_

## Image File

[![Inscriptions and Petroglyphs at Jabal Ikmah](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/20347.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/20347.jpg)

## Image Caption

Jabal Ikmah, often referred to as an ‘open-air library’, contains hundreds of inscriptions and pictograms 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, at AlUla, 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.

Jabal Ikmah is featured on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Rashad, U. /. J. (2025, April 13). Inscriptions and Petroglyphs at Jabal Ikmah. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20347/inscriptions-and-petroglyphs-at-jabal-ikmah/>
### Chicago
Rashad, UNESCO / Jonathan. "Inscriptions and Petroglyphs at Jabal Ikmah." *World History Encyclopedia*, April 13, 2025. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20347/inscriptions-and-petroglyphs-at-jabal-ikmah/>.
### MLA
Rashad, UNESCO / Jonathan. "Inscriptions and Petroglyphs at Jabal Ikmah." *World History Encyclopedia*, 13 Apr 2025, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20347/inscriptions-and-petroglyphs-at-jabal-ikmah/>.

## License & Copyright

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