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Umm Laylā
SITE INFORMATION
| Ancient name | Unknown |
| Country | Yemen |
| Geographical area | al-Hajara |
| Governorate | Ṣaʿda |
| Kingdom | Saba |
| Coordinates | Latitude: 17° 15' 00" Longitude: 43° 27' 00" |
| Coordinates accuracy | approximate |
| Type of site | Area with rock inscriptions |
| Tribe | Tribe: ʾʿbs Tribe: ʾbqrn Tribe: ʾḥnb Tribe: Ḫwln Gddn Tribe: S²brqtn Tribe: Ys²bmtn Lineage: S¹ḫymm |
| Deities | ʾlh-Ḫṣfn ʿṯtr ʿṯtr ḏ-Rḥbm ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḥḍrn ʿṯtr ḏ-Kdbn w-Lḥyʿṯt |
| Structures | Light hydraulic structure (ex. canal, well) Wells, cisterns Fortress Rock inscriptions |
| Language | Sabaic |
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RELATED MATERIAL
| Epigraphs
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1976 a: 168-169, 188-193 | Robin, Christian J. 1976. Résultats épigraphiques et archéologiques de deux brefs séjours en République Arabe du Yémen. Semitica, 26: 167-188. |
| Robin 1982 a: 2-10 | Robin, Christian J. 1982. Les hautes-terres du Nord-Yémen avant l'Islam. (2 vols), (Uitgaven van het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul, 50). Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaelogisch Instituut te Istanbul. |
| Robin 2014: 164-166, 183 | Robin, Christian J. 2014. Sabaʾ et la Khawlān du Nord (Khawlān Gudādān): l'organisation et la gestion des conquêtes par les royaumes d'Arabie méridionale. Pages 156-203 in Alexander V. Sedov (ed.). Arabian and Islamic studies. A collection of papers in honour of Mikhail Borishovich Piotrovskij on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Moskow. |