DASI

digital archive for the study of pre-islamic arabian inscriptions


SITE INFORMATION

Ancient nameUnknown
CountryYemen
Geographical areaJabal al-Nabī Shuʿayb
GovernorateṢanʿāʾ
CoordinatesLatitude: 15° 16' 49"    Longitude: 43° 58' 40"    
Coordinates accuracyapproximate
Type of siteReligious area
TribeThe site is between the nāḥiya of the banu Maṭar and that of banu al-Ḥayma ad-dāḫiliyya
General descriptionAs tradition says, this mountain is to hold the tomb of the prophet Shuʿayb, after whom the mountain is named.

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NOTES

The site is at 25 km west-south-west from the capital Ṣanʿāʾ

RELATED MATERIAL

Epigraphs in CSAI
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