Editor: Jérémie Schiettecatte
Ancient name | Rydt |
Country | Yemen |
Geographical area | Rayda |
Governorate | ʿAmrān |
Kingdom | Saba |
Coordinates | Latitude: 15° 49' 24" Longitude: 44° 2' 19" |
Coordinates accuracy | certain |
Type of site | Settlement |
Tribe | Tribe: Bklm Tribe: Bklm rbʿn ḏ-Rydt Lineage: Hmdn w-S¹ʾrn w-ʾs³wf w-ʾgrʿ Lineage: Ḥzfrm Lineage: S¹ʾrn Lineage: S¹ʾrn w-Mḥylm |
Deities | ʾl mrʾ s¹myn w-ʾrḍn ʾlht Hmdn ʾlmqh ʿṯtr ḏt-Ḥmym Hbs¹ S¹mʿ S¹mʿ ʿdy Ḥrmtn S²ms¹-hmw bʿlt Tlqm S²ms¹m |
Structures | Dwelling (indeterminate) Dwelling (concentrated) Light hydraulic structure (ex. canal, well) Wells, cisterns Terrace cultivation Building with political function Rampart Small temple Synagogue Rock inscriptions |
Language | Sabaic |
Classical sources | Claudius Ptolemy, Geogr. 6.7.41 (2nd cent. AD): Ραίδα |
Epigraphs
in CSAI Objects in CSAI |