DASI

digital archive for the study of pre-islamic arabian inscriptions

Editor: Jérémie Schiettecatte


SITE INFORMATION

Ancient nameṢnʿ
CountryYemen
Geographical areaYafiʿ
GovernorateLaḥj
KingdomHimyar
CoordinatesLatitude: 13° 58' 00"    Longitude: 45° 14' 00"    
Coordinates accuracyapproximate
Type of siteHydraulic structure
TribeTribe: S¹frm
Lineage: ḏ-S¹frm
Deitiesʿṯtr S²rqn
ʿm ḏ-Mbrqm
ḏty-Ḥmym
ʿṯtry Bs³rm
ʾdhnm
S²ms¹-hmw
StructuresDwelling (indeterminate)
Dwelling (concentrated)
Large hydraulic structure (ex. dam)
Terrace cultivation
Building with political function
Small temple
Rock inscriptions
LanguageSabaic

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RELATED SITES

south of Banī Bakr (Unknown)

RELATED MATERIAL

Epigraphs in CSAI
Objects in CSAI

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bāfaqīh and Bāṭāyiʿ 1994Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. and Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed 1994. Naqšān ǧadīdān min al‐Ḥadd. Raydān, 6: 89-103.
Robin and Bron 1979Robin, Christian J. and Bron, François 1979. Deux inscriptions sudarabique du Haut-Yafiʿ (Sud Yémen). Semitica, 29: 137-145.