An oryx hunting scene accompanied by an Ancient North Arabian (Safaitic) inscription

Abstract

This paper aims at analyzing an oryx hunting scene found in a rock drawing in northeast Jordanian Bādiyah. This scene of an Arabian oryx hunt offers an opportunity for more understanding of the hunting skills and methods among ancient north Arabian nomads in a joint hunting event, involving a group of hunters, on foot and on camels, with the help of hunting dogs.