DASI

digital archive for the study of pre-islamic arabian inscriptions

Editor: Jérémie Schiettecatte


SITE INFORMATION

Ancient nameBynn
CountryYemen
Geographical areaKhawlân
GovernorateDhamār
KingdomHimyar
CoordinatesLatitude: 14° 46' "    Longitude: 44° 39' "    
Coordinates accuracycertain
Type of siteSettlement
TribeTribes: Qtbyn (nisba)
Tribe: S¹bʾyn (nisba)
Tribe: S²ddm
Tribe: S²ddm Yhqbḍ
Tribe: Yhbs²r
Tribe: ʾbs²rn (nisba)
Lineage: ʾʿyn
Lineage: ʿbdm
Lineage: ʿqrtm
Lineage: ʿrm
Lineage: Dhs¹m
Lineage: Ḏrḥn
Lineage: Khnl
Lineage: Ns¹rm
Lineage: Qdrn
Lineage: S¹lyt
Lineage: S¹mhs¹mʿ
Lineage: Ws²ḥt
Lineage: Yfrʿ
Lineage: Ẓwrn
Deitiesʾnby
ʾnby S²ymn
ʿm
ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn
ʿṯtr ḏ-ʾlmm
ʿṯtr ḏ-S¹lmn
ʿṯtr ḏ-Ṣhr Ys¹r
ʿṯtr ḏ-Ẓhr Ys¹r
ʿm Ryʿn
ʿṯtr S²rqn
Bʿl-Fqḥnm
ḏt-Bʿdn
ḏt-Ḥmym
Ḥwkm
S²ms¹
Ṣnʿn
Wd
StructuresDwelling (indeterminate)
Dwelling (concentrated)
Light hydraulic structure (ex. canal, well)
Large hydraulic structure (ex. dam)
Wells, cisterns
Terrace cultivation
Building with political function
Rampart
Small temple
Rock inscriptions
LanguageSabaic
Classical sourcesClaudius Ptolemy, Geogr. 6.7.41 (2nd cent. AD): Βαινούν

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