DASI

digital archive for the study of pre-islamic arabian inscriptions

Editor: Jérémie Schiettecatte


SITE INFORMATION

Ancient nameMḫdn
CountryYemen
Geographical areaArḥab
GovernorateṢanʿāʾ
KingdomSaba
CoordinatesLatitude: 15° 44' 45.8"    Longitude: 44° 13' 14"    
Coordinates accuracycertain
Type of siteAssumed location for an ancient toponym
TribeLineage: ʿṣmm
Lineage: Gldn
Lineage: Hmdn
Deitiesʾlb Rymm bʿl Frḍtn
StructuresDwelling (indeterminate)
Dwelling (concentrated)
Terrace cultivation
Rock inscriptions
LanguageSabaic

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RELATED MATERIAL

Epigraphs in CSAI
Objects in CSAI

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1976: 99-101Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
Robin 1991 b: 162Robin, Christian J. 1991. Recension de Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, IV, 1987. Bulletin critique des Annales islamologiques, 8: 158-165.