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Itwa
SITE INFORMATION
| Ancient name | ʾtwtm |
| Country | Yemen |
| Geographical area | Arḥab |
| Governorate | Ṣanʿāʾ |
| Kingdom | Saba |
| Coordinates | Latitude: 15° 47' 6" Longitude: 44° 16' 24.6" |
| Coordinates accuracy | certain |
| Type of site | Modern site with reemployed inscriptions or artefacts |
| Tribe | Tribe: Ḥs²dm Tribe: S¹mʿy Tribe: S¹mʿy ṯlṯn ḏ-Ḥs²dm Tribe: Yrs¹m Lineage: ʾʿyn Lineage: ʾrn Lineage: ʿnnn Lineage: Btʿ w-Hmdn Lineage: Dʿmm Lineage: Hmdn Lineage: Ḥlḥl Lineage: Ḥqln Lineage: Tbʿm Lineage: Tṣḥ Lineage: Ydm Lineage: Yhs³ḥm Lineage: Yḥṣ |
| Deities | ʾlmqh ʾlmqhw Ṯhwn ʿṯtr ḏt-Ḥmym S²ms¹ Tʾlb Tʾlb Rymm Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Rḥbn Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Trʿt |
| Structures | Dwelling (indeterminate) Dwelling (concentrated) Light hydraulic structure (ex. canal, well) Wells, cisterns Small temple Rock inscriptions |
| Language | Sabaic |
MAP
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RELATED SITES
| near Maydān ar-Rakhamā (Unknown) |
| near Jirʿan (Unknown) |
RELATED MATERIAL
| Epigraphs
Objects |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Glaser 1884: 183 | Glaser, Eduard 1884. Meine Reise durch Arhab und Haschid. Petermanns Geographische Mitteilungen, 30: 170–183, 204–213. |
| Grjaznevič 1973 | Grjaznevič, Petr A. 1973. K topografii central' nogo Arḥaba (Ṣirvāḥ-Rijam-Itva). Pages 56-71 in Drevnjaja Aravija. IX godičnaja naučnaja sessija Leningr. Otdel. Inst. Voskokoved. Akad. Nuk S.S.S.R.. Leningrad. |
| Jung 1992 | Jung, Michael 1992. Archaeological notes on Itwâ in Central Arḥab/North Yemen. Yemen. Studi archeologici, storici e filologici sull’Arabia Meridionale, 1: 99-110. |
| Robin 1996 a: 1228 | 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. |
| al-Sheiba 1987: 14 | al-Sheiba, Abdullah Hassan 1987. Die Ortsnamen in den altsüdarabischen Inschriften (mit dem Versuch ihrer Identifizierung und lokalisierung). Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 4: 1-62. |