Editor: Jérémie Schiettecatte
Ancient name | Mʿrbm |
Country | Yemen |
Geographical area | Wādī Yalā |
Governorate | Maʾrib |
Kingdom | Saba |
Coordinates | Latitude: 15° 11' 51.9" Longitude: 45° 11' 46.1" |
Coordinates accuracy | certain |
Type of site | Religious area |
Tribe | Lineage: Ḥfry |
Deities | ʾlmqh ʾlmqh ḏ-Mʿrbm ʿṯtr ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn ḏt-Ḥmym ḏt-Bʿdn Hwbs¹ |
Structures | Light hydraulic structure (ex. canal, well) Wells, cisterns Isolated temple Pilgrimage temple Rock inscriptions |
Language | Sabaic |
south of Maʾrib (Mryb / Mrb) |
Epigraphs
in CSAI Objects in CSAI |
Bron 1992: 89-99 | Bron, François 1992. Mémorial Mahmud al-Ghul. Inscriptions sudarabiques. Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner / Sanʿāʾ: Centre français d'études yéménites. |
Gnoli 1987: 443 | Gnoli, Gherardo 1987. South Arabian Notes, 2. East and West, 37: 441-450. |
Jamme 1976: 59-60 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. |
Müller, Walter W. 1993 | Müller, Walter W. 1993. Heilige Hochzeit im antiken Südarabien. Pages 15-28 in André Gingrich, Johann Heiss, Sylvia Haas, Gabriele Paleczek and Thomas Fillitz (eds). Studies in Oriental Culture and History. Festschrift for Walter Dostal. Frankfurt: Peter Lang. |
Robin 1996 a: 1158, 1225 | 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. |
Schmidt 1982 f | Schmidt, Jürgen 1982. Tempel und Heiligtum von al-Masāǧid. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 1: 135-141. |