Editor: Jérémie Schiettecatte
Ancient name | Bynn |
Country | Yemen |
Geographical area | Khawlân |
Governorate | Dhamār |
Kingdom | Himyar |
Coordinates | Latitude: 14° 46' " Longitude: 44° 39' " |
Coordinates accuracy | certain |
Type of site | Settlement |
Tribe | Tribes: Qtbyn (nisba) Tribe: S¹bʾyn (nisba) Tribe: S²ddm Tribe: S²ddm Yhqbḍ Tribe: Yhbs²r Tribe: ʾbs²rn (nisba) Lineage: ʾʿyn Lineage: ʿbdm Lineage: ʿqrtm Lineage: ʿrm Lineage: Dhs¹m Lineage: Ḏrḥn Lineage: Khnl Lineage: Ns¹rm Lineage: Qdrn Lineage: S¹lyt Lineage: S¹mhs¹mʿ Lineage: Ws²ḥt Lineage: Yfrʿ Lineage: Ẓwrn |
Deities | ʾnby ʾnby S²ymn ʿm ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn ʿṯtr ḏ-ʾlmm ʿṯtr ḏ-S¹lmn ʿṯtr ḏ-Ṣhr Ys¹r ʿṯtr ḏ-Ẓhr Ys¹r ʿm Ryʿn ʿṯtr S²rqn Bʿl-Fqḥnm ḏt-Bʿdn ḏt-Ḥmym Ḥwkm S²ms¹ Ṣnʿn Wd |
Structures | Dwelling (indeterminate) Dwelling (concentrated) Light hydraulic structure (ex. canal, well) Large hydraulic structure (ex. dam) Wells, cisterns Terrace cultivation Building with political function Rampart Small temple Rock inscriptions |
Language | Sabaic |
Classical sources | Claudius Ptolemy, Geogr. 6.7.41 (2nd cent. AD): Βαινούν |
south of Numāra (Unknown) |
south of Ṣarm al-Fuqahaʾ (Unknown) |
north of Tannin (Tlnn) |
Epigraphs
in CSAI Objects in CSAI |