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Ẓafār dhī-Bīn
SITE INFORMATION
| Ancient name | Ẓfr |
| Country | Yemen |
| Geographical area | dhī-Bīn |
| Governorate | ʿAmrān |
| Kingdom | Saba |
| Coordinates | Latitude: 15° 58' 47" Longitude: 44° 7' 39" |
| Coordinates accuracy | certain |
| Type of site | Assumed location for an ancient toponym |
| Tribe | Tribe: Yrs¹myn (nisba for Yrs¹m) Tribe: S¹ḫmn Lineages: Btʿ w-Hmdn |
| Deities | ʿṯtr S²rqn Tʾlb Rymm |
| Structures | Dwelling (indeterminate) Small temple Rock inscriptions |
| Language | Sabaic |
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RELATED SITES
| west of Unknown (wādī Warwar) (Unknown) |
RELATED MATERIAL
| Epigraphs
Objects |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bauer and Lundin 1998: 38-39 | Bauer, Gleb M. and Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1998. Pamjatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. Južnaja Aravija. Part 2: Epigraficheskie pamjiatniki drevnego Jemena. 2. St.-Petersburg: Zentr "Peterburgskoe vostokovedenie". [Akademia nauk, Institut Vostokovedenija, Sankt-Peterburgskiy filial] |
| Jändl 2009: 51-52, 162-163 | Jändl, Barbara 2009. Altsüdarabische Inschriften auf Metall. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 4). Tübingen: Wasmuth / Berlin: Wasmuth. |
| Robin 1985 | Robin, Christian J. 1985. L'offrande d'une main en Arabie pré-islamique. Essai d'interprétation. Pages 307-320 in Christian J. Robin (ed.). Mélanges linguistiques offerts à Maxime Rodinson par ses élèves, ses collègues et ses amis. (Comptes rendus du Groupe linguistique d'études chamito-sémitiques. Supplément, 12). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner. |
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1960: 7-9 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1960. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Dix-huitième série. Le Muséon, 73: 5-25. |