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Ḥuṣn al-ʿUrr
SITE INFORMATION
| Ancient name | Unknown |
| Country | Yemen |
| Geographical area | Central Ḥaḍramawt |
| Governorate | Ḥaḍramawt |
| Kingdom | Hadramawt |
| Coordinates | Latitude: 16° 07' 12" Longitude: 49° 15' 00" |
| Coordinates accuracy | certain |
| Type of site | Fortification |
| Deities | ʿs³trm Yġl |
| Structures | Light hydraulic structure (ex. canal, well) Wells, cisterns Fortress Rock inscriptions |
| Language | Ḥaḍramitic |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bowen 1958 c: 41 | Bowen, Richard LeBaron 1958. Ancient trade routes in South Arabia. Pages 35-42 in Richard LeBaron Bowen and Frank P. Albright (eds). Archaeological Discoveries in South Arabia. With foreword by Wendell Phillips. (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 2). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. |
| Breton 1980 b: 65 | Breton, Jean-François 1980. Rapport sur une mission archéologique dans le wâdî Ḥaḍramawt (Yémen du Sud) en 1979. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres: 57-80. |
| Breton 1994 c: 133-134 | Breton, Jean-François 1994. Les fortifications d'Arabie méridionale du 7e au 1er siècle avant notre ère. (Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 8). Mainz: Verlag Philipp von Zabern. |
| Breton et al. 1980: 11 | Breton, Jean-François, Badre, Leila, Audouin, Rémy and Seigne, Jacques 1980. Wādī Ḥaḍramawt. Prospections 1978-1979. Aden: Centre Culturel et de Recherches Archéologiques. |
| Doe 1971: 243 | Doe, D. Brian 1971. Southern Arabia. London: Thames and Hudson. |
| Keall 1995 | Keall, Edward J. 1995. A second attempt to understand the historical context of Husn al-ʿUrr in the Ḥaḍramawt. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 25: 55-62. |
| Harding 1964: 43, pl. 25, 27, 28 | Harding, G. Lankester 1964. Archaeology in the Aden Protectorates. London: H.M. Stationary Off. |
| Meulen and Wissmann 1932: 151-154, 178 | Meulen, Daniel van der and Wissmann, Hermann von 1932. Ḥaḍramaut. Some of its Mysteries Unveiled. Leiden: Brill. |
| Wissmann 1968: 47 | Wissmann, Hermann von 1968. Zur Archäologie und antiken Geographie von Südarabien. Ḥaḍramaut, Qatabān und das ʿAden-Gebiet in der Antike. (Uitgaven van het, Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te İstanbul, 24). Istanbul: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten. |