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Ḍāf
SITE INFORMATION
| Ancient name | Ḍfw |
| Country | Yemen |
| Geographical area | Dhamār |
| Governorate | Dhamār |
| Kingdom | Himyar |
| Coordinates | Latitude: 14° 53' 40.7" Longitude: 44° 16' 39.5" |
| Coordinates accuracy | certain |
| Type of site | Modern site with reemployed inscriptions or artefacts |
| Tribe | Tribe: ʾlhn Mnʿy Tribe: Bkylm ḏ-Tms¹ Tribe: Mhʾnfm Tribe: Ẓhrm Lineage: ʿmd Lineage: ḏ-Mrs¹ Lineage: Mḏrḥm Lineage: Mlykm Lineage: Mṯln Lineage: Ṯfyn Lineage: Ṯwbyn ḏ-ʿmd |
| Deities | ʿṯtr ḏ-Gwftm bʿl mḥrmn ʿlm ʿṯtr S²rqn Bs²r bʿl mḥrmn S²bmm Ḥlm bʿl mḥrmynhn Yfʿ w-Mtbʿm Rḥmnn Rḫm S¹gḥ bʿl S³ydm w-Mḏrḥm ʾS²ms¹-hmw |
| Structures | Dwelling (indeterminate) Dwelling (concentrated) Light hydraulic structure (ex. canal, well) Wells, cisterns Plot of cultivated land Building with political function Rampart Rock inscriptions |
| Language | Sabaic |
MAP
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RELATED SITES
| north of al-Wasṭā (Unknown) |
RELATED MATERIAL
| Epigraphs
Objects |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1976 a: 177 | Robin, Christian J. 1976. Résultats épigraphiques et archéologiques de deux brefs séjours en République Arabe du Yémen. Semitica, 26: 167-188. |
| 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: 44, 46, 255 | 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/10 |