Editor: Jérémie Schiettecatte
Ancient name | ʾhgrn |
Country | Yemen |
Geographical area | al-Ḥadaʾ |
Governorate | Dhamār |
Kingdom | Saba |
Coordinates | Latitude: 14° 48' 35" Longitude: 44° 30' 21" |
Coordinates accuracy | certain |
Type of site | Settlement |
Tribe | Tribe: ḏ-ʾhgrn |
Structures | Dwelling (indeterminate) Dwelling (concentrated) Workshop Light hydraulic structure (ex. canal, well) Wells, cisterns Terrace cultivation Rampart Small temple Graveyard Rock inscriptions |
Language | Sabaic |
west of Banī Badda (Unknown) |
east of Banī Ḥayān (Unknown) |
Epigraphs
in CSAI Objects in CSAI |
Antonini 1989 | Antonini, Sabina 1989. The site of Madinat al-Ahjur and a first typological study of classical South Arabian pottery from the Yemen plateau. Oriens Antiquus, 28: 41-127. |
de Maigret 1981: 198-201 | de Maigret, Alessandro 1981. Two prehistoric cultures and a new Sabaean site in the Eastern Highlands of North Yemen. Raydān, 4: 191-204. |
de Maigret 1982 | de Maigret, Alessandro 1982. Ricerche archeologiche italiane nella Repubblica Araba Yemenita. Notizia di una seconda ricognizione (1981). Oriens Antiquus, 21: 237-253. |
de Maigret 1984 b: 431 | de Maigret, Alessandro 1984. Archaeological Activities in the Yemen Arab Republic. East and West, 34: 431. |
Schiettecatte 2011: 251-253 | Schiettecatte, Jérémie 2011. D'Aden à Zafar. Villes d'Arabie du Sud préislamique. (Orient et Méditerranée, 6). Paris: de Boccard. |