DASI

digital archive for the study of pre-islamic arabian inscriptions

Editor: Jérémie Schiettecatte


SITE INFORMATION

Ancient nameUnknown
CountryYemen
Geographical areaWādī Jirdān
GovernorateShabwa
KingdomHadramawt
CoordinatesLatitude: 14° 56' 27.3"    Longitude: 46° 59' "    
Coordinates accuracycertain
Type of siteSettlement
DeitiesTdn
S¹mʿ
StructuresDwelling (indeterminate)
Dwelling (concentrated)
Light hydraulic structure (ex. canal, well)
Large hydraulic structure (ex. dam)
Wells, cisterns
Rampart
Natural place of worship
Small temple
Graveyard
Rock inscriptions
LanguageSabaic, Ḥaḍramitic

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Epigraphs in CSAI
Objects in CSAI

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Brunner 2008Brunner, Ueli 2008. Ancient irrigation in Wādī Jirdān. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 38: 75-88.
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Doe 1983: 135-136Doe, D. Brian 1983. Monuments of South Arabia. (Arabia past and present, 12). Naples: The Falcon Press / Cambridge: The Oleander press.
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