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Vikings in the Persian Gulf

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2007

Guy F. Isitt
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This analysis of certain rock carvings at Jabal Jusasiyah Qatar is in the form of an Archaeological Report, but is not a full Archaeological Survey. This has been carried out by others – (Hans Kapel Arryan, Qatar National Museum Journal, 1983, pp. 1–126) for Jabal Jusasiyah Qatar. A systematic procedure is adopted for the analysis of a number of these petroglyphs at the sites in Qatar.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 17 , Issue 4 , October 2007 , pp. 389 - 406
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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 2007

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List of illustrations/photograph plates

Map 1 Arabia and Byzantium.

Map 2 Possible portage route from Pelusium to the Red Sea.

Map 3 Qatar showing Jabal Jusasiyah.

Plate 1 Jabal Jusasiyah site looking south: photograph by the author.

Plate 2 Jabal Jusasiyah Group 1 Site 321 bas relief ship with oars and anchor: photograph by the author.

Plate 3 Jabal Jusasiyah Group 1 Site 161 bas relief ships with oars: photograph by the author.

Plate 4 Jabal Jusasiyah Group 1 Sites 320, 321, bas relief ships with oars: Photograph by the author.

Schedule of Dhow Types

Note 1: National Geog. 1974 p. 333, refers to National Geographic Magazine, September (1974) p 333.

Note 2: DA 2002, refers to Dionisius Agius, in the wake of the Dhow (2002) p. – as shown.

Note 3: The Hariri Ship, the first known picture of an Arabian sailing vessel 1237 CE (Bibliotheque National MS Arabe 5847 Fo 119V).