DASI

digital archive for the study of pre-islamic arabian inscriptions

Editor: Jérémie Schiettecatte


SITE INFORMATION

Ancient nameUnknown
CountryYemen
Geographical areaDhamār
GovernorateDhamār
KingdomḤimyar
CoordinatesLatitude: 14° 30' 00"    Longitude: 44° 36' 50"    
Coordinates accuracyapproximate
Type of siteArea with rock inscriptions
TribeLineage: ḏ-S¹lyt
StructuresRock inscriptions
LanguageSabaic
Location and toponomyAl-Harûj is a village located 9.5 km north-east of Hakîr and 23.5 km ESE of Dhamâr. North of the village is a 60-m-high hill at the top of which inscriptions are engraved.
The coordinates given here are approximately taken at the top of the hill. They do not correspond to the real location of the rock inscriptions.
History of researchLate 2000's: visit by Kh. Numan, 2 inscriptions were copied.
General descriptionKh. Numan mentions the presence of ten rock panels engraved with inscriptions at the top of the hill north of the village of al-Harûj. These inscriptions mainly show persons’ names.
ChronologyTwo of the inscriptions are dated from an era:
Kh-al-Harûj 1 is dated to 264 ḥim., i.e. 154 AD.
Kh-al-Harûj 2 is dated to 382 ḥim., i.e. 372 AD.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Noman 2012: 11, 16, 145, 176, 184Noman, Khaldon 2012. A Study of south Arabian Inscriptions from the region of Dhamār (Yemen). (PhD, Università di Pisa). 2016/05/10; https://etd.adm.unipi.it/theses/available/etd-08112012-151251/.