DASI

digital archive for the study of pre-islamic arabian inscriptions

Editor: Jérémie Schiettecatte


SITE INFORMATION

Ancient nameʾtwtm
CountryYemen
Geographical areaArḥab
GovernorateṢanʿāʾ
KingdomSaba
CoordinatesLatitude: 15° 47' 6"    Longitude: 44° 16' 24.6"    
Coordinates accuracycertain
Type of siteModern site with reemployed inscriptions or artefacts
TribeTribe: Ḥs²dm
Tribe: S¹mʿy
Tribe: S¹mʿy ṯlṯn ḏ-Ḥs²dm
Tribe: Yrs¹m
Lineage: ʾʿyn
Lineage: ʾrn
Lineage: ʿnnn
Lineage: Btʿ w-Hmdn
Lineage: Dʿmm
Lineage: Hmdn
Lineage: Ḥlḥl
Lineage: Ḥqln
Lineage: Tbʿm
Lineage: Tṣḥ
Lineage: Ydm
Lineage: Yhs³ḥm
Lineage: Yḥṣ
Deitiesʾlmqh
ʾlmqhw Ṯhwn
ʿṯtr
ḏt-Ḥmym
S²ms¹
Tʾlb
Tʾlb Rymm
Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Rḥbn
Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Trʿt
StructuresDwelling (indeterminate)
Dwelling (concentrated)
Light hydraulic structure (ex. canal, well)
Wells, cisterns
Small temple
Rock inscriptions
LanguageSabaic

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Glaser 1884: 183Glaser, Eduard 1884. Meine Reise durch Arhab und Haschid. Petermanns Geographische Mitteilungen, 30: 170–183, 204–213.
Grjaznevič 1973Grjaznevič, Petr A. 1973. K topografii central' nogo Arḥaba (Ṣirvāḥ-Rijam-Itva). Pages 56-71 in Drevnjaja Aravija. IX godičnaja naučnaja sessija Leningr. Otdel. Inst. Voskokoved. Akad. Nuk S.S.S.R.. Leningrad.
Jung 1992Jung, Michael 1992. Archaeological notes on Itwâ in Central Arḥab/North Yemen. Yemen. Studi archeologici, storici e filologici sull’Arabia Meridionale, 1: 99-110.
Robin 1996 a: 1228Robin, Christian J. 1996. Sheba. II. Dans les inscriptions de l'Arabie du Sud. Pages Coll. 1047-1254 in Jacques Briend and Édouard Cothenet (eds). Supplément au Dictionnaire de la Bible. Fasc. 70. Paris: Letouzey & Ané.
al-Sheiba 1987: 14al-Sheiba, Abdullah Hassan 1987. Die Ortsnamen in den altsüdarabischen Inschriften (mit dem Versuch ihrer Identifizierung und lokalisierung). Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 4: 1-62.