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The other, identified by inscription as a native Nabatean deity, is a flat, foursquare limestone upright with what look like stuck-on lips and eyes.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2019

Dr. Charloux suspects the engravers were influenced by Nabatean art, which came from an ancient nomadic people in the area, as well as the Parthians from what is now Iran.

From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2018

The Camel Site, he said, may have served as a border that signaled the edge of the Nabatean territory.

From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2018

The funerary chambers hewn out of rock on a long hillside resemble those of Nabatean sites in southern Jordan, such as Petra.

From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2010

Kuthami, the Nabatean, his work on “Nabatean Agriculture,” 280. period in which he lived, 280 note.

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max