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Jordan Desert Kite

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Submitted bymotist
AddedFeb 21 2007
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"Kite" rock-drawing from Jordan

G.L. Harding: The Cairn of Hani, Antiquity 28,1954:pp 165-7

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motist (2007-02-22)
In 1951, Harding discovered a burial cairn with Safaitic inscriptions. On one of the stones was scratched a hunting scane.The cairn is located in the heart of the 'Kite' area,there is no doubt that the drawing depicts a scane of the gazelles being hunted in such a' Kite'.
*Harding,L. 1953 The Cairn of Hani,ADAJ 2,PP 8-56

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