Site in the southwest of the Sinai Peninsula used as a quarry for turquoise and copperbeginning in Dynasty3until the Middle Kingdom. The area is noted for important royal inscriptions of the Old Kingdom.
See also Akoris; Gebel el-Haridi; Gebel el-Silsila; Hatnub; Mons Claudianus; Mons Porphyrites; Serabit el-Khadim; Wadi el-Hudi; Wadi Hammamat.
Historical Dictionary Of Ancient Egypt by Morris L. Bierbrier
Ancient Egypt. A Reference Guide. EdwART. 2011.