DASI

digital archive for the study of pre-islamic arabian inscriptions

Editor: Jérémie Schiettecatte


SITE INFORMATION

Ancient nameHdw
Geographical areaal-Ḥadd
GovernorateLaḥj
KingdomHimyar
CoordinatesLatitude: 14° 00' 50.1"    Longitude: 45° 21' 12.55"    
Coordinates accuracycertain
Type of siteSettlement
TribeTribe: Ḫwln
Tribe: Rdmn w-Ḫwln
Lineage: Gldm
Lineage: Ḫwln
Lineage: Mʿhr w-ḏ-Ḫwln
Lineage: Wʿl
Deitiesʾnby
ʿm
ʿm ḏ-Rymtm bʿl ẓr N'wn
ʿm ḏ-S²qr bʿl s²'rt Hdw
ʿṯtr
ʿṯtr Ms¹km
ʿṯtr S²rqn
ḏt-Ḥmm ʿṯtr Bs³rm
ḏt-Ḥmym
ḏt-Ẓhrn
ʾs²ms¹-hmw
Wdm
StructuresDwelling (indeterminate)
Dwelling (concentrated)
Light hydraulic structure (ex. canal, well)
Large hydraulic structure (ex. dam)
Wells, cisterns
Terrace cultivation
Small temple
Rock inscriptions
LanguageQatabanic

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Epigraphs in CSAI
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bāfaqīh and Bāṭāyiʿ 1988Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. and Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed 1988. Nuqūš min al-Ḥadd. Raydān, 5: 61-80. [Arabic section]
Bāṭāyiʿ 2002Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed 2002. Ahammiyya mawqiʿ Hadīm Qaṭnān (Hdw) fī al-ḥadd min ḫilāl al-muʿṭayāt al-aṯariyya wa-l-naqšiyya. Maǧallat Ğāmiʿa ʿAden li-l-ʿulūm al-iǧtimāʿiyya wa-l-insāniyya, 5/9: 265-287.
Robin and Dridi 2004: 88-89Robin, Christian J. and Dridi, Hédi 2004. Deux barrages du Yémen antique. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres: 67-121.
Schiettecatte 2011: 319Schiettecatte, Jérémie 2011. D'Aden à Zafar. Villes d'Arabie du Sud préislamique. (Orient et Méditerranée, 6). Paris: de Boccard.