DASI

digital archive for the study of pre-islamic arabian inscriptions

DASI

al-ʿĀdiyya

Editor: Jérémie Schiettecatte


al-ʿĀdiyya, inscription
(c) Schiettecatte - CNRS

SITE INFORMATION

Ancient nameRḥb (?)
CountryYemen
Geographical areaal-Bayḍāʾ
Governorateal-Bayḍāʾ
KingdomQataban
Himyar
CoordinatesLatitude: 13° 58' 8.8"    Longitude: 45° 46' 15"    
Coordinates accuracycertain
Type of siteSettlement
TribeTribe: Mʿhr
Lineage: Ḫwln
Lineage: Mʿhr w-ḏ-Ḫwln
Lineage: Ẓwbn Yʿb
Deitiesʾnby
ʿm
ʿm ḏ-Y...
ʿm ḏ-Ẓrm
ḏt-Ḥmym ʿṯtr Yġl
Wd
StructuresDwelling (indeterminate)
Dwelling (concentrated)
Light hydraulic structure (ex. canal, well)
Large hydraulic structure (ex. dam)
Wells, cisterns
Terrace cultivation
Rampart
Small temple
Graveyard
Paved road
Rock inscriptions
LanguageSabaic, Qatabanic

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RELATED SITES

south of Ḥaṣī (Ḥ[ṣy] / Ḥ[ṣym])

RELATED MATERIAL

Epigraphs in CSAI
Objects in CSAI

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Harding 1964: 25-27, pl. 1-5Harding, G. Lankester 1964. Archaeology in the Aden Protectorates. London: H.M. Stationary Off.
Loreto 2011: 166-168Loreto, Romolo 2011. L’architettura domestica e i Palazzi Reali di epoca sud arabica nello Yemen pre-islamico (VII sec. a.C. – VI sec. d.C.). With foreword by Alessandro de Maigret. (Collana di Ateneo Dissertationes, 7). Naples: Università degli studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”.
Perowne 1939: 133-137Perowne, Stewart 1939. ʾImʿadiya and Beihan, Aden Protectorate. Antiquity, 13: 133-137.
Robin 2001 b: 181Robin, Christian J. 2001. Les inscriptions de Ḥaṣī. Raydān, 7: 179-223.
Robin 2005-2006 aRobin, Christian J. 2005-2006. Les banū Haṣbaḥ, princes de la commune de Maḍḥām. Arabia. Revue de Sabéologie, 3: 31-110.
Schiettecatte 2011: 268Schiettecatte, Jérémie 2011. D'Aden à Zafar. Villes d'Arabie du Sud préislamique. (Orient et Méditerranée, 6). Paris: de Boccard.