DASI

digital archive for the study of pre-islamic arabian inscriptions

Editor: Jérémie Schiettecatte


SITE INFORMATION

Ancient nameUnknown
CountryYemen
Geographical areaMaʾrib
GovernorateMārib
KingdomSabaʾ
CoordinatesLatitude: 15° 21' 00"    Longitude: 45° 13' 00"    
Type of siteModern site with reemployed inscriptions or artefacts
TribeS¹bʾ
Deitiesʿṯtr
Hbs¹
Hwbs¹
ʾlmqh
StructuresRock inscriptions
LanguageSabaic
Location and toponomyHamlet located approximately 10 km SW of Marib and now uncovered by the water of the reservoir lake of the modern dam in Maʾrib.
History of research1880's: E. Glaser: copy of inscriptions : Gl 1102 ; Gl 1103 ; Gl 1104 ; Gl 1105 ; Gl 1110
General description5 fragmentary inscriptions possibly from 3 different texts are reemployed, one of them at least comes from the rampart of Maʾrib city (Gl 1110). The others may also com from that city.
ChronologyThe palaeography of the inscriptions is charaterized by th style A (8th-6th cent. BC)

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Höfner and Solá Solé 1961: 38-39, pl. XX/2Höfner, Maria and Solá Solé, Josep M. 1961. Inschriften aus dem Gebiet zwischen Mārib und dem Ǧōf. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 2. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 238/3). Vienna: H. Böhlaus Nachf., Kommissionsverlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien.
Tschinkowitz 1969: 8, pl. IITschinkowitz, Helga 1969. Kleine Fragmente. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 6. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 261/4). Vienna: Böhlau in Kommission.