Editor: Jérémie Schiettecatte
| Ancient name | unknown |
| Country | Yemen |
| Geographical area | Rayda |
| Governorate | ʿAmrān |
| Kingdom | Sabaʾ |
| Coordinates | Latitude: 15° 59' 5" Longitude: 43° 58' 47" |
| Coordinates accuracy | certain |
| Type of site | Modern site with reemployed inscriptions or artefacts |
| Structures | Rock inscriptions |
| Language | Sabaic |
| Location and toponomy | Al-Maḥâfiẓ is a village that extends on the slopes of an escarpment, 19 km north of Rayda and 2.7 km east of Khamir. |
| History of research | 1972: visit of the French archaeological mission in Yemen (MAFY), copy of two inscriptions 1975: visit by Ch. Robin, copy of a new inscription (Robin-al-Maḥâfiẓ 1+2) |
| General description | Two inscriptions were reused (Robin-al-Maḥâfiẓ 1+2); the second fragment was reused in the facing of a cistern. |
| Chronology | The palaeography of inscription Robin-al-Maḥâfiẓ 1+2 is of type D (Avanzini) and may date to the 2nd-3rd centuries AD. |
| Epigraphs
in CSAI Objects in CSAI |
| Robin 1976 a: 184 | Robin, Christian J. 1976. Résultats épigraphiques et archéologiques de deux brefs séjours en République Arabe du Yémen. Semitica, 26: 167-188. |
| Robin 1982 a: vol. 2, 19-21 | Robin, Christian J. 1982. Les hautes-terres du Nord-Yémen avant l'Islam. (2 vols), (Uitgaven van het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul, 50). Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaelogisch Instituut te Istanbul. |