Editor: Jérémie Schiettecatte
Ancient name | Unknown |
Country | Yemen |
Geographical area | Maʾrib |
Governorate | Mārib |
Kingdom | Sabaʾ |
Coordinates | Latitude: 15° 21' 00" Longitude: 45° 13' 00" |
Type of site | Modern site with reemployed inscriptions or artefacts |
Tribe | S¹bʾ |
Deities | ʿṯtr Hbs¹ Hwbs¹ ʾlmqh |
Structures | Rock inscriptions |
Language | Sabaic |
Location and toponomy | Hamlet located approximately 10 km SW of Marib and now uncovered by the water of the reservoir lake of the modern dam in Maʾrib. |
History of research | 1880's: E. Glaser: copy of inscriptions : Gl 1102 ; Gl 1103 ; Gl 1104 ; Gl 1105 ; Gl 1110 |
General description | 5 fragmentary inscriptions possibly from 3 different texts are reemployed, one of them at least comes from the rampart of Maʾrib city (Gl 1110). The others may also com from that city. |
Chronology | The palaeography of the inscriptions is charaterized by th style A (8th-6th cent. BC) |
west of Khuraybat Raḥāba (Unknown) |
Epigraphs
in CSAI Objects in CSAI |