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Hajar Arra
Archaeological Map of Shabwa Governorate. Districts of Bayhân and Nisâb ©J.-F. Breton
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By kind permission of J.-F. Breton
SITE INFORMATION
| Ancient name | ʾrʾrtm |
| Country | Yemen |
| Geographical area | Jabal al-Nisiyyin |
| Governorate | Shabwa |
| Kingdom | Qataban |
| Coordinates | Latitude: 14° 51' 37.24" Longitude: 45° 58' 36.87" |
| Coordinates accuracy | approximate |
| Type of site | Settlement |
| Deities | Ns²bt |
| Structures | Dwelling (indeterminate) Dwelling (concentrated) Light hydraulic structure (ex. canal, well) Rampart Small temple Rock inscriptions |
| Language | Qatabanic |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach et al. 2001: 73-74 | Arbach, Mounir, Avanzini, Alessandra, Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and Robin, Christian J. 2001. Matériaux pour le corpus des inscriptions qatabānites (II). Raydān, 7: 43-101. |
| Breton 1991: 60-61 | Breton, Jean-François 1991. A propos de Naǧrân. Pages 59-85 in Études sud-arabes. Recueil offert à Jacques Ryckmans. (Publications de l'Institut Orientaliste de Louvain, 39). Louvain-La-Neuve: Université Catholique de Louvain, Institut Orientaliste. |
| Breton 1994 c: 141-142 | 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. 1998: 127-194 | Breton, Jean-François, Arramond, Jean-Charles, Coque-Delhuille, Brigitte and Gentelle, Pierre 1998. Une vallée aride du Yémen antique. Le wādī Bayhān. Paris: Éditions Recherche sur les Civilisations. |