DASI

digital archive for the study of pre-islamic arabian inscriptions

Editor: Jérémie Schiettecatte


SITE INFORMATION

Ancient nameUnknown
CountryYemen
Geographical areaWādī Bayḥān
GovernorateShabwa
KingdomQatabān
CoordinatesLatitude: 15° 00' 22.32"    Longitude: 45° 50' 12.48"    
Coordinates accuracyapproximate
Type of siteArea with rock inscriptions
TribeLineage: Qfʾn
Lineage: Rs²m
Deitiesʿm
ʿm ḏ-Qrqrm
StructuresLight hydraulic structure (ex. canal, well)
Terrace cultivation
Rock inscriptions
LanguageQatabanic
Location and toponomyThe site is located approx. 4 km E of Hajar Kuḥlān. It is a rock panel with two rock inscriptions engraved above a trench excavated in a rocky outcrop between Wādīs Bayḥān to the West and ʿUyayna to the East, à 4 km environ à l'est de Hajar Kuḥlān.
History of researchSurvey: Mission Qatabān (dir. Robin)
General description2 inscriptions are engraved on a rock panel.
One (MQ-Maqṣara al-Abraq 1) is signed by S²hr Ygl Yhrgb son of Hwfʿm Yhnʿm king of Qataban and mentions the building of hydraulic structures and a temple devoted to ʿm ḏ-Qrqrm.
The second (MQ-Maqṣara al-Abraq 2) commemorates the building of hydraulic structures only.
ChronologyThe palaeography of the two inscriptions is characteristic of the style C (1st cent. BC/ AD).

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach et al. 2001: 70-72Arbach, Mounir, Avanzini, Alessandra, Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and Robin, Christian J. 2001. Matériaux pour le corpus des inscriptions qatabānites (II). Raydān, 7: 43-101.