DASI

digital archive for the study of pre-islamic arabian inscriptions

Editor: Jérémie Schiettecatte


Archaeological Map of Shabwa Governorate. Districts of Bayhân and Nisâb ©J.-F. Breton
By kind permission of J.-F. Breton

SITE INFORMATION

Ancient nameʿbr
CountryYemen
Geographical areaWādī Ḍura'
GovernorateShabwa
KingdomQataban
CoordinatesLatitude: 14° 23' 13.11"    Longitude: 46° 19' 46.3"    
Coordinates accuracycertain
Type of siteSettlement
TribeTribe: ḏ-Ḍrʾ
Deitiesʾlhw Rḍḥm
ʾnby
ʿm
ʿṯtr
ʿṯtr Rḍḥm
Blw ḏ-Rymn
ḏt-Ḥmym
ḏt-Ḥmym ʿṯtr Rḍḥm
ḏt-Rḥbn
ḏt-Ṣntm
ḏt-Ẓhrn
Ḥwkm
Wb ḏ-Rḍḥm
StructuresDwelling (indeterminate)
Dwelling (concentrated)
Light hydraulic structure (ex. canal, well)
Large hydraulic structure (ex. dam)
Wells, cisterns
Rampart
Small temple
Rock inscriptions
LanguageQatabanic

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Breton and Bāfaqīh 1993: 12-13Breton, Jean-François and Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. 1993. Trésors du Wādī Duraʾ (République du Yémen). Fouilles franco-yémenites de la nécropole de Hajar am-Dhaybiyya. Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner.
Jamme 1987Jamme, Albert W.F. 1987. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XV. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A203057#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed]
Pirenne 1981: 204-240Pirenne, Jacqueline 1981. Deux prospections historiques au sud-Yémen. Raydān, 4: 205-248.