Editor: Jérémie Schiettecatte
Ancient name | Tnʿmt |
Country | Yemen |
Geographical area | Khawlān al-Ṭiyāl |
Governorate | Ṣanʿāʾ |
Kingdom | Saba |
Coordinates | Latitude: 15° 22' 59.8" Longitude: 44° 25' 15.1" |
Coordinates accuracy | certain |
Type of site | Settlement |
Tribe | Tribe: S¹bʾyn (nisba for S¹bʾ) Tribe: Tnʿmm w-Tnʿmt Lineage: Ddn Lineage: Fwlm Lineage: Kbs¹ym Lineage: S¹ḥr |
Deities | S²ms¹ ʾlht ʾbbhṯ |
Structures | Dwelling (indeterminate) Dwelling (concentrated) Light hydraulic structure (ex. canal, well) Large hydraulic structure (ex. dam) Terrace cultivation Building with political function Rampart Small temple Graveyard Rock inscriptions |
Language | Sabaic |
east of Ṣanʿāʾ (Ṣnʿw) |
Epigraphs
in CSAI Objects in CSAI |
Halévy 1872: 59 | Halévy, Joseph 1872. Rapport sur une mission archéologique dans le Yémen. Journal Asiatique 6e série, 19: 5-98; 129-266; 489-547. |
Radt 1971: 255-257 | Radt, Wolfgang 1971. Bericht über eine Forschungsreise in die Arabische Republik Jemen. Archäologischer Anzeiger: 253-293. |
Robin 1996 a: 1228 | Robin, Christian J. 1996. Sheba. II. Dans les inscriptions de l'Arabie du Sud. Pages Coll. 1047-1254 in Jacques Briend and Édouard Cothenet (eds). Supplément au Dictionnaire de la Bible. Fasc. 70. Paris: Letouzey & Ané. |