DASI

digital archive for the study of pre-islamic arabian inscriptions

Editor: Jérémie Schiettecatte


SITE INFORMATION

Ancient nameQnʾtm
CountryYemen
Geographical areaRadmān
Governorateal-Bayḍāʾ
KingdomHimyar
CoordinatesLatitude: 14° 34' 23.8"    Longitude: 45° 17' 31.1"    
Coordinates accuracyapproximate
Type of siteSettlement
TribeTribe: ḏ-Mʿdwn
Tribe: ḏ-Qnʾtm
Tribe: Rdmn Yhrgb
Tribe: Rdmn w-Ḫwln
Lineage: ʾṯkln
Lineage: Ḏrft
Lineage: Hys¹n
Lineage: Ḫbzn w-Ḏrft
Lineage: Mʿhr w-ḏ-Ḫwln
Deitiesʾnby
ʾnby S²ymn
ʿtr ḏ-Nwfn
ʿṯtr S²rqn
S¹yn ḏ-ʾlm
ʿm ḏ-Dwnm bʿl ʿqbt Wʿln
ʿm ḏ-Mbrqm
ʿm ḏ-Mbrqm bʿl S¹lym w-Lmmm
ʿm ḏ-Mnḫm
ʿm ḏ-Wʿlm
ʿm Wrdm
ḏt-Bʿdn
ḏt-Ẓhrn
ʾs²ms¹-hmw
Wd
StructuresDwelling (indeterminate)
Dwelling (concentrated)
Light hydraulic structure (ex. canal, well)
Large hydraulic structure (ex. dam)
Wells, cisterns
Terrace cultivation
Building with political function
Rampart
Graveyard
Rock inscriptions
LanguageSabaic

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RELATED SITES

south of Bayt al-Aḥraq (Grw)
near Jabal al-Khalīqa (Unknown)
near al-Miʿsāl (Wʿln)

RELATED MATERIAL

Epigraphs in CSAI
Objects in CSAI

BIBLIOGRAPHY

ʿAbdallāh 1979 b: 43ʿAbdallāh, Yūsuf M. 1979. Mudawwana al-nuqūš al-yamaniyya al-qadīma. Dirāsāt Yamaniyya, 3: 29-64.
al-Sheiba 1987: 48al-Sheiba, Abdullah Hassan 1987. Die Ortsnamen in den altsüdarabischen Inschriften (mit dem Versuch ihrer Identifizierung und lokalisierung). Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 4: 1-62.
Robin 1981 c: 156Robin, Christian J. 1981. Les études sudarabiques en langue française: 1981. Raydān, 4: 149-158.
Robin 2001 d: 517-523Robin, Christian J. 2001. Les inscriptions de l’Arabie antique et les études arabes. Arabica, 48/4: 509–577.