DASI

digital archive for the study of pre-islamic arabian inscriptions

Editor: Jérémie Schiettecatte


SITE INFORMATION

Ancient nameMʿrbm
CountryYemen
Geographical areaWādī Yalā
GovernorateMaʾrib
KingdomSaba
CoordinatesLatitude: 15° 11' 51.9"    Longitude: 45° 11' 46.1"    
Coordinates accuracycertain
Type of siteReligious area
TribeLineage: Ḥfry
Deitiesʾlmqh
ʾlmqh ḏ-Mʿrbm
ʿṯtr
ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn
ḏt-Ḥmym
ḏt-Bʿdn
Hwbs¹
StructuresLight hydraulic structure (ex. canal, well)
Wells, cisterns
Isolated temple
Pilgrimage temple
Rock inscriptions
LanguageSabaic

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RELATED SITES

south of Maʾrib (Mryb / Mrb)

RELATED MATERIAL

Epigraphs in CSAI
Objects in CSAI

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bron 1992: 89-99Bron, François 1992. Mémorial Mahmud al-Ghul. Inscriptions sudarabiques. Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner / Sanʿāʾ: Centre français d'études yéménites.
Gnoli 1987: 443Gnoli, Gherardo 1987. South Arabian Notes, 2. East and West, 37: 441-450.
Jamme 1976: 59-60Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
Müller, Walter W. 1993Müller, Walter W. 1993. Heilige Hochzeit im antiken Südarabien. Pages 15-28 in André Gingrich, Johann Heiss, Sylvia Haas, Gabriele Paleczek and Thomas Fillitz (eds). Studies in Oriental Culture and History. Festschrift for Walter Dostal. Frankfurt: Peter Lang.
Robin 1996 a: 1158, 1225Robin, 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.
Schmidt 1982 fSchmidt, Jürgen 1982. Tempel und Heiligtum von al-Masāǧid. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 1: 135-141.