Ḥuṣn al-Wuṣr
Editor: Jérémie Schiettecatte
Archaeological Map of Shabwa Governorate. Districts of Bayhân and Nisâb ©J.-F. Breton
By kind permission of J.-F. Breton
By kind permission of J.-F. Breton
SITE INFORMATION
| Ancient name | Unknown |
| Country | Yemen |
| Geographical area | Niṣāb |
| Governorate | Shabwa |
| Kingdom | Awsan Himyar |
| Coordinates | Latitude: 14° 23' 17.225" Longitude: 46° 28' 10.042" |
| Coordinates accuracy | certain |
| Type of site | Settlement |
| Tribe | Lineage: Ḏrḥn |
| Deities | ʾnby ʿm ʿṯtr ḏt-Ṣntm Ḥrmn |
| Structures | Dwelling (indeterminate) Dwelling (concentrated) Fortress Small temple Rock inscriptions |
| Language | Sabaic |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Breton and Bāfaqīh 1993 | Breton, Jean-François and Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. 1993. Trésors du Wādī Duraʾ (République du Yémen). Fouilles franco-yémenites de la nécropole de Hajar am-Dhaybiyya. Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner. |
| Pirenne 1981 | Pirenne, Jacqueline 1981. Deux prospections historiques au sud-Yémen. Raydān, 4: 205-248. |