The petroglyphs of Shenah

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 225-245

  Insall, David ^a  

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EID: 0039182129     PISSN: 09057196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0471.1999.tb00143.x     Document Type: Article

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1. Dr Shahina Ghazanfar, pers. comm. I photographed this yellow variant in the Wādī Sareen Reserve in 1975. It has also been reported present in Jebel Sa'atari north of the eastern Hajar massif, where it is known as dig' farsi, the purple variety being called dig' 'Omani. Sālim bin Saif al Wahaybi, pers. comm.
2. Hamood bin Sa'īd al Hinai, Khalfān bin Fanzūz al Harāsi et al., pers. comm.
3. Ṡa'īd bin 'Ali al Harmali, pers. comm.
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11. Professor Moawiyah Ibrahim, Dr Ali Tigani, pers. comm.
12. Andrew Thompson sent me a print in 1997 from his extensive collection demonstrating this.
13. nd edn. Kent: Harrison Zoological Museum, 1991: 182 & 188. Additionally, Dr Richard Hornby, pers. comm., has reported a sighting and photograph of a flock of five red sheep in mid-1998 below the U.A.E. mountains near the Oman border.
14. Harrison & Bates, The Mammals of Arabia: 182, 185 & 188.
15. Ziolkowski, Petroglyphs from Wadi al-Hayl: 77.
16. Acknowledgements: I would like to thank His Highness Sayyid Faisal bin Ali Al Sa'id, Minister of National Heritage and Culture, Dr Ali bin Ahmed Al Shanfari, Director of Antiquities, Professor Moawiyah Ibrahim and Dr Ali Tigani, of Sultan Qaboos University, Mr Andrew Thompson, Mr Ralph Daly, Adviser for Conservation of the Environment, for their interest and support; Dr Victor Hitchings, Petroleum Development Oman, for assistance with the geological descriptions and identifying certain material; Dr Mehdi bin Ahmed bin Jaaffar, Mr Ali bin Amer al Kiyumi, Mr Hamood bin Sa'id Al Mahrooqi and other colleagues in the Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Environment, Sheikh Ahmed bin 'Aamer As Sa'adi of Niba and the people of Shenah for their hospitality, assistance and co-operation; Mr Rudi Jäckli of Zug, Professor Paolo Costa, of the University of Bologna and Professor Dan Potts, of the University of Sydney, for generously encouraging, guiding and supporting the publication of this paper.