Dumat Al-Jandal

Dumat Al-Jandal

Dumat al-Jundal (Arabic: دومة الجندل‎), is the name for an ancient city of ruins located in North Western Saudi Arabia in the Al Jawf Province its located 37 km away from Sakakah. The name Dumat al-Jandal means literally "Dumah of the Stone", since this was the territory of Dumah, one of the twelve sons of Ishmael. The city's ancient Akkadian name was Adummatu.