DASI

digital archive for the study of pre-islamic arabian inscriptions

Editor: Jérémie Schiettecatte


SITE INFORMATION

Ancient nameDnm (?) / ʾrydy (?)
CountryYemen
Geographical areaWādī Yalā
GovernorateMaʾrib
KingdomSaba
CoordinatesLatitude: 15° 12' 46.24"    Longitude: 45° 8' 9.94"    
Coordinates accuracycertain
Type of siteReligious area
TribeLineage: ʿbn
Lineage: Gdnm
Lineage: Mfs²
Deitiesʿṯtr
Krwm
StructuresLight hydraulic structure (ex. canal, well)
Wells, cisterns
Pilgrimage temple
Graveyard
Rock inscriptions
LanguageSabaic

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near al-Jafna (Unknown)

RELATED MATERIAL

Epigraphs in CSAI
Objects in CSAI

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jung 1988Jung, Michael 1988. The religious monuments of ancient Southern Arabia. A preliminary typological classification. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 48: 177-218.
de Maigret 1988 a: 2-4, 21-35, 41-44de Maigret, Alessandro (ed.) 1988. The Sabaean archaeological complex in the Wādī Yalā (Eastern Hawlān at-Tiyāl, Yemen Arab Republic). A preliminary report. (Istituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente. Centro studi e scavi archeologici. Reports and memoirs, 21). Rome: IsMEO.
de Maigret 2002: 173-184, 273-285de Maigret, Alessandro 2002. Arabia Felix. An exploration of the Archaeological history of Yemen. London: Stacey International.
de Maigret et al. 1985de Maigret, Alessandro, Bulgarelli, Grazia Maria, Costantini, Lorenzo, Cuneo, P., Fedele, Francesco G., Francaviglia, Vincenzo M., Marcolongo, Bruno, Palmieri, Alba, Scerrato, Umberto, Tosi, Maurizio and Ventrone, G. 1985. Archaeological activities in the Yemen Arab Republic. East and West, 35: 344-352.
de Maigret and Robin 1989: 280-291de Maigret, Alessandro and Robin, Christian J. 1989. Les fouilles italiennes de Yalâ (Yémen du Nord): nouvelles données sur la chronologie de l'Arabie du Sud préislamique. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres: 255-291.
Robin and Vogt 1997: 50Robin, Christian J. and Vogt, Burkhard (eds) 1997. Yémen, au pays de la reine de Saba. Exposition présentée à l'Institut du monde arabe du 25 octobre 1997 au 28 février 1998. Paris: Flammarion, Institut du Monde Arabe.