al-ʿUqla
Editor: Jérémie Schiettecatte
Al-ʿUqla, plan.
Darles 1998: fig. 2
Darles 1998: fig. 2
- Al-ʿUqla, plan.
Darles 1998: fig. 2 - Al-ʿUqla.
Darles 1998: fig. 1 - Al-ʿUqla.
Darles 1998: 169
SITE INFORMATION
| Ancient name | ʾnwdm |
| Country | Yemen |
| Geographical area | Shabwa |
| Governorate | Shabwa |
| Kingdom | Hadramawt |
| Coordinates | Latitude: 15° 22' 46" Longitude: 46° 54' 10" |
| Coordinates accuracy | approximate |
| Type of site | Religious area |
| Tribe | Tribe: ʾs¹dn ; ʾs¹dyhn (Nisba) ; ʾs¹dyn (Nisba) Tribe: ʿrbyn (nisba) ; ʿrbytyn (nisba) Tribe: Hndyyhn (nisba for Hnd) Tribe: Ḥḍrmt Tribe: Ḥmyryyhn (nisba for Ḥimyar) Tribe: Ks²dyyhn (nisba for Ks²d) Tribe: Mbnytyhn (nisba) Tribe: Qrs²htn (nisba for Qrs²) Tribe: Tḏmryyhn (nisba for Tḏmr) Tribe: Yhb Lineage : ʾlryb Lineage: ʿynt Lineage: Ḫṣyr Lineage: Ḥbnn Lineage: Qyḥn Lineage: Wdm Lineage: Yḏʾn |
| Deities | S¹yn Hwl |
| Structures | Light hydraulic structure (ex. canal, well) Wells, cisterns Fortress Isolated temple Rock inscriptions |
| Language | Ḥaḍramitic |
| General description | This small site is at 13 km from Shabwa and corresponds to the homonymous small spur. One of the rock has on top a small walled structure, whose sides are 7.5 m each. This building had a small podium and probably some pillar (only two bases have been recovered). One basin was at the foot of one of the rocks. The importance of this spot is in the abundant inscriptions which are incised on the rocks' flanks. These permitted to know that this place was at least used during the 3rd century AD in occasion of the accession to the throne of the kings of Ḥaḍramawt. During this ceremony the sacred royal hunt was also performed. |
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RELATED SITES
| near Shabwa (S²bwt) |
RELATED MATERIAL
| Epigraphs
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