Editor: Jérémie Schiettecatte
Ancient name | Mdrm |
Country | Yemen |
Geographical area | Arḥab |
Governorate | Ṣanʿāʾ |
Kingdom | Saba |
Coordinates | Latitude: 15° 46' 10.6" Longitude: 44° 13' 54" |
Coordinates accuracy | certain |
Type of site | Settlement |
Tribe | Tribe: ʾs¹dm Tribe: ḏ-Mdrm Tribe: ḏ-hgrn Mdrm Tribe: Qs¹dm Lineage: Ḏrmt (or ḏ-Rmt) Lineage: Ġḍbm w-Ḏrmt (or ḏ-Rmt) Lineage: Fṯkn Lineage: Hmdn Lineage: S¹mdm Lineage: Tʾlqm |
Deities | ʾlmqh ʿṯtr ʿṯtr ʿdy ʿrn Mdrm ʿṯtr ḏ-ʿr Mdrm ʿṯtr ḏ-rʾs¹ Mdrm Nws²m S²ms¹ Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Mrbḍn ḏ-Mdrm Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Trʿt Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Trʿt w-Mrbḍn |
Structures | Dwelling (indeterminate) Dwelling (concentrated) Light hydraulic structure (ex. canal, well) Wells, cisterns Terrace cultivation Rampart Small temple Rock inscriptions |
Language | Sabaic |
For the identification of the site of the ancient Mdrm with the site of Ṣirwāḥ-Arḥab, see Robin and Ryckmans 1978. |
Epigraphs
in CSAI Objects in CSAI |