DASI: Digital Archive for the Study of pre-islamic arabian Inscriptions: Site details

Editor: Jérémie Schiettecatte

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Ancient name	Qrytm ḏt-Khlm
Country	Saudi Arabia
Geographical area	Wādī al-Dawasir
Governorate	Riyadh Province
Kingdom	Himyar
Coordinates	Latitude: 19° 47' " Longitude: 45° 9' "
Coordinates accuracy	certain
Type of site	Settlement
Tribe	Tribe: Kdt Tribe: Kdt w-Qḥṭn Tribe: Qḥṭn ; Qḥṭnyn (nisba) Tribe: Qḥṭn w-Mḏḥg Lineage: ʾḥnkn ; ʾḥnkt (nisba) Lineage: ʾlʾ[.] Lineage: Dbr Lineage: Ġlwnyn (nisba) Lineage: Mlḥm Lineage: Mrn Lineage: Myṯy (nisba) Lineage: Tymmnwt
Deities	ʾlʾlt Mʿnm ʿṯr ʾs²rq ʿṯtr bʿl Ḥdṯ ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq Khl Lh Lt Nkrḥ S²ymn Wdm S²hrn
Structures	Dwelling (indeterminate) Dwelling (concentrated) Storehouse Market place Light hydraulic structure (ex. canal, well) Wells, cisterns Plot of cultivated land Building with political function Small temple Church Graveyard Rock inscriptions
Language	Sabaic, Minaic

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