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Qāniya
SITE INFORMATION
| Ancient name | Qnʾtm |
| Country | Yemen |
| Geographical area | Radmān |
| Governorate | al-Bayḍāʾ |
| Kingdom | Himyar |
| Coordinates | Latitude: 14° 34' 23.8" Longitude: 45° 17' 31.1" |
| Coordinates accuracy | approximate |
| Type of site | Settlement |
| Tribe | Tribe: ḏ-Mʿdwn Tribe: ḏ-Qnʾtm Tribe: Rdmn Yhrgb Tribe: Rdmn w-Ḫwln Lineage: ʾṯkln Lineage: Ḏrft Lineage: Hys¹n Lineage: Ḫbzn w-Ḏrft Lineage: Mʿhr w-ḏ-Ḫwln |
| Deities | ʾnby ʾnby S²ymn ʿtr ḏ-Nwfn ʿṯtr S²rqn S¹yn ḏ-ʾlm ʿm ḏ-Dwnm bʿl ʿqbt Wʿln ʿm ḏ-Mbrqm ʿm ḏ-Mbrqm bʿl S¹lym w-Lmmm ʿm ḏ-Mnḫm ʿm ḏ-Wʿlm ʿm Wrdm ḏt-Bʿdn ḏt-Ẓhrn ʾs²ms¹-hmw Wd |
| Structures | Dwelling (indeterminate) Dwelling (concentrated) Light hydraulic structure (ex. canal, well) Large hydraulic structure (ex. dam) Wells, cisterns Terrace cultivation Building with political function Rampart Graveyard Rock inscriptions |
| Language | Sabaic |
MAP
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RELATED SITES
| near wādī as-Sāqiya (Unknown) |
| south of Bayt al-Aḥraq (Grw) |
| near Jabal al-Khalīqa (Unknown) |
| near al-Miʿsāl (Wʿln) |
RELATED MATERIAL
| Epigraphs
Objects |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| ʿAbdallāh 1979 b: 43 | ʿAbdallāh, Yūsuf M. 1979. Mudawwana al-nuqūš al-yamaniyya al-qadīma. Dirāsāt Yamaniyya, 3: 29-64. |
| al-Sheiba 1987: 48 | 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. |
| Robin 1981 c: 156 | Robin, Christian J. 1981. Les études sudarabiques en langue française: 1981. Raydān, 4: 149-158. |
| Robin 2001 d: 517-523 | Robin, Christian J. 2001. Les inscriptions de l’Arabie antique et les études arabes. Arabica, 48/4: 509–577. |