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Hegra before the Nabataeans
Author(s) -
POTTS D. T.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
arabian archaeology and epigraphy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.384
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1600-0471
pISSN - 0905-7196
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0471.1993.tb00043.x
Subject(s) - iconography , seal (emblem) , style (visual arts) , ancient history , history , geography , archaeology
In 1965 a unique stamp seal was discovered on the surface of Madain Salih in what is now northwestern Saudi Arabia. The rarity of glyptic finds from this part of Arabia adds importance to this piece, even if its style and iconography remain difficult to attribute to a known tradition of seal‐using in the Near East.