DASI

digital archive for the study of pre-islamic arabian inscriptions

Editor: Jérémie Schiettecatte


SITE INFORMATION

Ancient nameUnknown
CountryYemen
Geographical areaMaʾrib
GovernorateMaʾrib
KingdomSaba
CoordinatesLatitude: 15° 25' 39.6"    Longitude: 45° 20' 5.7998"    
Type of siteModern site with reemployed inscriptions or artefacts
TribeTribe: Mrḥbm
Lineage: ʾrn
Lineage: Ḥṭʾn
Deitiesʾlmqh
ʾlmqh Ḥwyt
ʿṯtr
ḏt-Ḥmym
Hwbs¹
StructuresSmall temple
Rock inscriptions
LanguageSabaic
General descriptionThe site is located on the eastern spur of J. Balaq south-south-east of Mārib and immediately north of the track leading to al-Masājid.

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RELATED SITES

near Maʾrib (Mryb / Mrb)

RELATED MATERIAL

Epigraphs in CSAI
Objects in CSAI

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Grebenz 1935: 87Grebenz, Karl 1935. Die kleinen Fragmente aus Glaser Tagebuch XI (Mârib). Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 42: 66-93.
Höfner 1938: 33Höfner, Maria 1938. Die Inschriften aus Glaser Tagebuch XI (Mārib). Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 45: 7-37.
Wissmann 1982: 279-281Wissmann, Hermann von 1982. Die Geschichte von Sabaʾ II. Das Grossreich der Sabäer bis zu seinem Ende im frühen 4. Jh. v. Chr. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophischhistorische Klasse, 402). Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. [Walter W. Müller (ed.)]