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“Substance Painter Highlights. Petroglyph C5 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Nubian Ibex, Syrian Wild Ass, and human figures are depicted. Probably Neolithic or earlier. These are common motifs in southern Arabia, Oman, and the UAE. An almost identical panel is found in plate 4.19 in Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman).Khatm Al Melaha is an archaeological site on the coast of the Oman Sea near Kalba in Sharjah, UAE. It is one of the largest rock art sites in the UAE. There are also stone houses, a shell midden, stone tombs and other features that date this site has having occupations from at least the early Holocene to the 19th century.”


Petroglyph V24, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 1
"Natural Version, Petroglyph V24, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Syrian Wild Ass. Neolithic or earlier. These are common motifs in southern Arabia, Oman, and the UAE. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of ... Read More
Petroglyph H2 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 2
Natural Version with Paint, Petroglyph H2 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Two Wild Ass and a horned animal, maybe Ibex. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar ... Read More
Petroglyph J27 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 1
Natural Version with Paint, Petroglyph J27 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Strange Design, might be natural from rock breakage. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains ... Read More