Dabbs Wadi Rock Engraving Panel 12
Dabbs Wadi Rock Engraving Panel 12 North Annex · Dabbs Site
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE)·Bronze Age·🇸🇩 Northern, Dabbs Wadi, Sudan
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About Dabbs Wadi Rock Engraving Panel 12
Dabbs Wadi Rock Engraving Panel 12 in Northern, Dabbs Wadi, Sudan is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal walled area 12 ha and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 19.1200N 30.5500E controls access to Northern resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey ancient city for Northern, Dabbs Wadi, illustrating Bronze Age construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology and phasing of construction episodes
- 02Function in regional settlement hierarchy
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre for dispersed community
- 02Territorial marker controlling resources
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 2800 BCE
- Period
- Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE)
- Culture
- Bronze Age
- Purpose
- Regional urban centre controlling trade and administration
- Rediscovered
- 1960 survey
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 2800 BCE
Initial construction of Dabbs Wadi Rock Engraving Panel 12 main structure
c. 1900
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically
1960–2005
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Dabbs Wadi Rock Engraving Panel 12) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
19.1200° N · 30.5500° E · 80 m · 4 mapped features
Dabbs Wadi Rock Engraving Panel 12 — Main Structure
structurePrincipal ancient city — Walled area 12 ha with diagnostic masonry/panel
19.1208° N · 30.5509° EDabbs Wadi Rock Engraving Panel 12 — Ancillary Complex
complexAncillary settlement debris and ceramics surrounding main feature
19.1190° N · 30.5493° EDabbs Wadi Rock Engraving Panel 12 — Peripheral Feature
outlierPeripheral feature with outlier deposit and burial
19.1215° N · 30.5512° EDabbs Wadi Rock Engraving Panel 12 — Hydraulic/Cistern
hydraulicHydraulic feature — cistern/reservoir or rock-cut channel associated with site
19.1184° N · 30.5489° E