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Ḍulaʿ
SITE INFORMATION
| Ancient name | Ḍlʿm |
| Country | Yemen |
| Geographical area | Ṣanʿāʾ |
| Governorate | Ṣanʿāʾ |
| Kingdom | Himyar |
| Coordinates | Latitude: 15° 24' 00" Longitude: 44° 7' 00" |
| Coordinates accuracy | approximate |
| Type of site | Modern site with reemployed inscriptions or artefacts |
| Tribe | Tribe: ʾyṯʿn Tribe: Ḥlmlm Tribe: Mʾḏnm Tribe: Mdʾl Tribe: Nymn Tribe: Tnʿmm Tribe: Wmʿm Lineage: Bnnr Lineage: Kbs¹yn Lineage: Qbʿṯm Lineage: S¹dn Lineage: S¹myṯʿ Lineage: Wdnm |
| Deities | Rḥmnn S²ms¹-hmw Wdm ḏ-S¹mʿn and S²ʿbm Wdm ḏ-Yfʿn |
| Structures | Dwelling (indeterminate) Dwelling (concentrated) Plot of cultivated land Building with political function Synagogue Rock inscriptions |
| Language | Sabaic |
MAP
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RELATED SITES
| north-west of Ṣanʿāʾ (Ṣnʿw) |
RELATED MATERIAL
| Epigraphs
Objects |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Garbini 1972 | Garbini, Giovanni 1972. Iscrizioni sabee da Ḍulaʿ. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 32: 513-518, pl. I-II. |
| al-Sheiba 1987: 40 | 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. |
| Wissmann 1964 a: 357 | Wissmann, Hermann von 1964. Zur Geschichte und Landeskunde von Alt-Südarabien. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 3. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 246). Vienna: Böhlaus. |
EXTERNAL MATCHES
| https://ancientarabia.huma-num.fr/gazetteer/places/488 |