DASI

digital archive for the study of pre-islamic arabian inscriptions

Editor: Jérémie Schiettecatte


SITE INFORMATION

Ancient nameUnknown
CountryYemen
Geographical areaDhamār
GovernorateDhamār
KingdomHimyar
CoordinatesLatitude: 14° 22' 24.2"    Longitude: 44° 25' 28.1"    
Coordinates accuracycertain
Type of siteSettlement
StructuresDwelling (indeterminate)
Dwelling (concentrated)
Large hydraulic structure (ex. dam)
Terrace cultivation
Fortress
Small temple
Paved road
Rock inscriptions
LanguageSabaic

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south of Dhamār (Ḏmr)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Barbanes 2000: 216Barbanes, Eleanor 2000. Domestic and defensive architecture on the Yemen plateau: eighth century BCE - sixth century CE. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 11/2: 207-222.
Lewis, Krista 2005 b: 134Lewis, Krista 2005. The Himyarite site of al-Aḍlaʿ and its implications for economy and chronology of Early Historic highland Yemen. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 35: 129-141.
Wilkinson and Gibson 1998Wilkinson, Tony J. and Gibson, McGuire 1998. Dhamar project. Pages 39-50 in Gene Gragg (ed.). The Oriental Institute 1997-1998 Annual Report. (Oriental Institute Annual Reports). Chicago: The University of Chicago. 2016/10/24; https://oi.uchicago.edu/about/annual-reports/oriental-institute-1997-1998-annual-report. 2016/10/24; http://oi.uchicago.edu/sites/oi.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/shared/docs/ar/91-00/97-98/97-98_Dhamar.pdf.