DASI

digital archive for the study of pre-islamic arabian inscriptions

Editor: Jérémie Schiettecatte


SITE INFORMATION

Ancient nameMrdʿ
CountryYemen
Geographical areaWādī al-Jūba
GovernorateMaʾrib
KingdomSaba
CoordinatesLatitude: 15° 4' 22.3"    Longitude: 45° 17' 45.8"    
Type of siteSettlement
TribeTribe: Qtbn
Tribe: ḏ-Ṭrqy
Lineage: ʾlm
Lineage: Hṣ[.]ḥ
Lineage: Krhm
Lineage: S¹ḥr
Lineage: Tnzbn
Deitiesʾlmqh
ʿṯtr
ʿm
ʿm ḏ-Ys¹rm
ʿm ḏ-S²qr
ʾnby
Ḥwkm
ḏt-Bʿdn
ḏt-Ḥmym
ḏt-Ṣntm
ḏt-Ẓhrn
ḏt-Rḥbn
StructuresDwelling (indeterminate)
Dwelling (concentrated)
Workshop
Light hydraulic structure (ex. canal, well)
Wells, cisterns
Rampart
Small temple
Graveyard
Rock inscriptions
LanguageSabaic

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Epigraphs in CSAI
Objects in CSAI

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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