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The map presented here, based on a 1942 British-Mandate Jebel Usdum Palestine-era map, serves as a testament to the cultural layers interwoven within the local landscape. The Arabic place-names, likely derived from the local Bedouin tradition, appear on the original map printed in Latin script. Next to each Arabic place-name, a Hebrew one was later added in handwriting, in blue ink, sometimes corresponding to the Arabic pronunciation and sometimes formulating a completely different Hebrew name. The juxtaposition of Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin on the map reflects the intersection of cultural narratives and worldviews that have mingled and often competed here throughout the region's history.