DASI

digital archive for the study of pre-islamic arabian inscriptions

Editor: Alessia Prioletta; Jérémie Schiettecatte


Archaeological Map of Shabwa Governorate. Districts of Bayhân and Nisâb ©J.-F. Breton
By kind permission of J.-F. Breton

SITE INFORMATION

Ancient nameḤlzwm
CountryYemen
Geographical areaMarkha
GovernorateShabwa
KingdomHimyar
CoordinatesLatitude: 14° 35' 0.06"    Longitude: 45° 53' 26.63"    
Coordinates accuracycertain
Type of siteSettlement
TribeTribe: Ḥlzwm
Tribe: Tlgg
Lineage: ʾlʿn Wtr
Lineage: Bʿgm ; Bʿgm ʿs³b
Lineage: Ḏrʾ Ḥm
Lineage: Ḏrʾn
Lineage: Hbʾ
Lineage: Hḍrn
Lineage: Ḥd(.)n ʾls²r
Lineage: Ḫtynm
Lineage: Mklytn
Lineage: Rḥbm
Lineage: Rtʿ
Lineage: S¹ḥt
Lineage: S²hr
Deitiesʿṯtr S²rqn
ʾlhw Ḥlzwm
ʾnby
ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḥrm
ʿzzlt
Bʿl Bs³rm ; ḏt-Bs³rm
Bs²mm
Blw
Blw ḏ-Ḥdṯm
ḏt-Bʿdn
ḏt Ġḍrn
ḏt-S²bʿn
Mwtr
ʾs²ms¹-hmw
StructuresDwelling (indeterminate)
Dwelling (concentrated)
Light hydraulic structure (ex. canal, well)
Wells, cisterns
Rampart
Small temple
Graveyard
Rock inscriptions
LanguageSabaic

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