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Tall ar-Rāhib (Figure 1) is located in a strategic area in the Jordanian-Syrian desert borders, about 892 m above sea level, and consists of a huge region of wādīs and pasturelands. On the top of the hill there is a cairn which may be a symbol of a tomb of a religious person; also this is shown from the meaning of the name Tall ar-Rāhib "priest's hill". In the south-eastern slopes of the hill there are many remains of circular or oval stones structures. We recorded fifty-three inscriptions from this site; which are found around and on the wall of the eastern structure, twenty three inscriptions of them indicate the verb ḏbḥ. This site was thought to be a slaughter place, so in 2008 we had a small excavation under the supervision of Khaled al-Jbour to explore that idea.Unfortunately, we did not find any organic materials as bone, hair etc. in the site. The plan (Figure 2) shows a circular structure with two walls in vertical corner. This could represent an important place for the nomads, during their seasonal migration through the steppe, and they may have slaughtered their sacrifice in this site. This idea needs more archaeological and epigraphical studies to be substantiated.

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