DASI

digital archive for the study of pre-islamic arabian inscriptions

Editor: Jérémie Schiettecatte


SITE INFORMATION

Ancient nameḌfw
CountryYemen
Geographical areaDhamār
GovernorateDhamār
KingdomHimyar
CoordinatesLatitude: 14° 53' 40.7"    Longitude: 44° 16' 39.5"    
Coordinates accuracycertain
Type of siteModern site with reemployed inscriptions or artefacts
TribeTribe: ʾlhn Mnʿy
Tribe: Bkylm ḏ-Tms¹
Tribe: Mhʾnfm
Tribe: Ẓhrm
Lineage: ʿmd
Lineage: ḏ-Mrs¹
Lineage: Mḏrḥm
Lineage: Mlykm
Lineage: Mṯln
Lineage: Ṯfyn
Lineage: Ṯwbyn ḏ-ʿmd
Deitiesʿṯtr ḏ-Gwftm bʿl mḥrmn ʿlm
ʿṯtr S²rqn
Bs²r bʿl mḥrmn S²bmm
Ḥlm bʿl mḥrmynhn Yfʿ w-Mtbʿm
Rḥmnn
Rḫm S¹gḥ bʿl S³ydm w-Mḏrḥm
ʾS²ms¹-hmw
StructuresDwelling (indeterminate)
Dwelling (concentrated)
Light hydraulic structure (ex. canal, well)
Wells, cisterns
Plot of cultivated land
Building with political function
Rampart
Rock inscriptions
LanguageSabaic

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