| Ancient name | Unknown |
| Country | Yemen |
| Geographical area | Suquṭrā |
| Governorate | Ḥaḍramawt |
| Coordinates | Latitude: 12° 35' 42" Longitude: 54° 18' 14.4" |
| Coordinates accuracy | certain |
| Type of site | Religious area |
| Location and toponomy | The cave, known as Ḥōq, is located in the North-East of the island of Soqoṭrā. |
| General description | The cave, of some 2 km depth, is located at 350 m above the sea level. |
| Chronology | 2nd century AD-4th centrury AD |
| Classical sources | On Soqoṭrā island: Periplus maris Erythraei § 30-31; Cosmas Indicopleustès (III, 65); Steven of Byzance (Ethnika, Meineke ed. p. 233); Plinius the Elder (Hist. nat. VI, 153) |
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| Naumkin and Sedov 1993 | Naumkin, V.V. and Sedov, Alexander V. 1993. Monuments of Socotra. TOPOI. Orient-Occident, 3/2: 569-623.
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| Stein 1997 | Stein, L. and Stein, Peter 1997. Suquṭrā. Ethnographische Aspekte einer Inselkultur. Pages 181-214 in Roswitha G. Stiegner (ed.). Aktualisierte Beiträge zum 1. Internationalen Symposion Südarabien, interdisziplinär an der Universität Graz mit kurzen Einführungen zu Sprach- und Kulturgeschichte. In memoriam Maria Höfner. Graz: Leykam.
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| Müller 1999 | Müller, Walter W. 1999. Zeugnisse über Sokotra aus antiken und mittelalterliche Quellen. Pages 183-191 in Wolfgang Warnik (ed.). Sokotra. Mensch und Natur. Wiesbaden: Ludwig Reichert.
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| Weeks et al. | Weeks, Lloyd R., Morris, M., McCall, B. and al-Zubaydī, Kh. 2002. A recent archaeological survey of Soqotra. Report on the preliminary expedition season, January 5th-February 2nd 2001. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 13: 95-125.
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| Robin and Gorea 2002: p. 410-416 | Robin, Christian J. and Gorea, Maria 2002. Les vestiges antiques de la grotte de Ḥôq (Suquṭra, Yémen). Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres, 146/2: 409-445.
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