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A Study O of South H Arabia Dha an Inscr Am¤R (Y Riptions Yemen) UNIVERSITÀ DI PISA FACOLTÀ DI LETTERE E FILOSOFIA CORSO DI DOTTORATO IN ORIENTALISTICA: EGITTO, VICINO E MEDIO ORIENTE XXIV CICLO SSD: Semitistica L-OR/07 A Study of south Arabian Inscriptions from the region of Dham¤r (Yemen) TUTOR CANDIDATO Chiar.ma Prof.ssa Alessandra Avanzini Khaldon Noman PRESIDENTE DEL DOTTORATO Chiar.mo Prof. Pier Giorgio Borbone II A Study of south Arabian Inscriptions from the region of Dham¤r (Yemen) Khaldon Noman The rise and fall of the rival South Arabian kingdoms (900 BC-AD 600) has been widely documented through excavation and epigraphic data. This period witnessed the growth of complex tribal societies, each with its pantheon, a written language, and monumental architecture, and culture that share with Sheba in many of the qualities and characteristics. These kingdoms prospered along the desert fringe of Yemen as a result of organized large-scale agricultural systems and the overland trade in aromatics between India and Africa, and the Mediterranean. Yet the developments that led to the growth of these kingdoms have not been adequately studied, leaving large discontinuities in our reconstruction of the regional, chronological and cultural record. These gaps are partially the result of outdated perspectives, methodologies and theoretical overviews that have dominated scholarly research in the region for half a century. What has developed is a fragmented and unbalanced field of study that has marginalized prehistory, and a large part of the historical era, and minimized the importance and contribution of alternative socioeconomic communities as well as the regions they inhabited. This dissertation addresses these gaps in the archaeological record of Yemen by focusing on the inscriptions available in the Dham¤r region, and by tracing interregional interaction between the Dham¤r and the other zones. III Declaration This dissertation is the result of my own work and includes nothing which is the outcome of work done in collaboration except where specifically indicated in the text. This dissertation does not exceed the word limit for the Degree Committee of the Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche del Mondo Antico at the University of Pisa. Khaldon Noman IV Table of Contents Declaration III Table of Contents IV Dedication X Acknowledgements XI Introduction 1-28 1-1 : Geography and Climate 1 The Geographic Location of the Province of Dham¤r. 1 Location and terrain Geological Structure and Topography 2 Climate 4 Rainfall and water resources 4 1-2 : Archaeological Survey of inscriptions 5 1-3 : Sites of inscriptions 11 1 - Âammat a°-¯ab¥ Site 12 2 - Sayyah Site 13 3 - £Umayma Site 14 4 - Garf An-Nu¥aymÇya Site 14 5 - al-Kawlah Site 15 6 - Àhawl al-±Agma£a Site 15 7 - Baynñn Site 15 8 - al-Harñj Site 16 9 - M¤rÇya Site 16 10 - Gabayb an-Nñd Site 17 11 - Ûun¥a Site 17 12 - Àhawl S¤lim Site 17 13 - Bñs¤n Site 17 14 - Afq Site 18 15 - Bany Badda Site 18 16 - Buð¤n Site 18 17 - Dham¤r Site 18 18 - ¯¤f Site 19 19 - Yaf¤¥a Site 19 20 - Rakhamah Site 20 21 - SaÃb¤n Site 20 V 22 - ad-Da¥aÇrah Site 20 23 - Àhawl ad-D¤r Site 20 24 - Âaddah Site 21 25 - Tannin Site 21 26 - Bany Âay¤n Site 21 27 - Garf Esbeel Site 21 28 – Nñnah 22 30 - Yak¤r Site 22 31 - £A°ru¥a Site 22 32 - ±ilbij Site 22 33 - ±ysh¤n Site 23 34 - Al-¥Aqm Site 23 35 - al-Bas¤tÇn Site 23 36 - Al-Garashah Site 24 37 - al-Khar¤b Site 24 38 - ¥Asam Site 24 39 - ¥AthaÇn Site 25 40 - Ball¤s Site 25 41 - Dham¤r al-Qarn Site 25 42 - Jabal al-LissÇ Site 25 43 - Num¤rah Site 26 44 - Hakir Site 26 45 - thi-SaÃr Site 27 46 - Zughba Site 27 47 - Ûrm al-Fuqaha Site 27 48 - Hirr¤n Site 27 49 - Ma¥bar Site 27 50 - Rasah Site 28 Chapter 1: 29-41 Early first Millennium to fourth Century BC A : Inscriptions: 30 1. Kh-M¤rÇya 1 = Pir. Baynñn 1 30 2. Kh-MaÜna¥at M¤rÇya 2 31 3. Kh-SaÃb¤n 1 31 4. Kh-£Umayma 25 32 5. Kh-£Umayma 46 32 6. Kh-Sayyah 1 32 VI 7. Kh-Sayyah 2 33 8. Kh-Àhawl ad-D¤r 1 34 9. Kh-Àhawl ad-D¤r 2 34 10. Kh-Àhawl S¤lim 1 34 B : Analysis 35 Chapter 2: 42-72 Fourth to first Century BC A : Inscriptions: 43 1. Kh-£Umayma 2 43 2. Kh-£Umayma 14 44 3. Kh-Bany Badda 1 44 4. Kh-Bany Âay¤n 1 = Gl 1592 45 5. Kh-Gabayb an-Nñd 1 45 6. Kh-Gabayb an-Nñd 2 46 7. Kh-Garf An-Nu¥ÇymÇya 1 46 8. Kh-Garf An-Nu¥ÇymÇya 2 47 9. Kh-Garf An-Nu¥ÇymÇya 3 47 10. Kh-Àhawl al-±Agm¤£a 1 48 11. Kh-Àhawl al-±Agm¤£a 2 49 12. Kh-Àhawl al-±Agm¤£a 3 50 13. Kh-Àhawl S¤lim 2 51 14. Kh-Àhawl S¤lim 3 51 15. Kh-Âammat a°-¯ab¥ 1 52 16. Kh-M¤rÇya 3 52 17. Kh-Ûun¥a 1 53 B : Analysis 54 Chapter 3: 73-130 First Century BC. to middle second Century AD A : Inscriptions: 74 1. Kh-£Umayma 1 74 2. Kh-£Umayma 3 74 3. Kh-£Umayma 13 75 4. Kh-£Umayma 30 76 5. Kh-£Umayma 45 76 6. Kh-Baynñn 1 77 7. Kh-Baynñn 2 77 8. Kh-Baynñn 3 78 9. Kh-Dadaih-Yaf¤¥a 1 79 VII 10. Kh-Jabal al-LissÇ 1 79 11. Kh-Garf An-Nu¥ÇymÇya 4 79 12. Kh-Garf An-Nu¥ÇymÇya 5 80 13. Kh-Garf An-Nu¥ÇymÇya 6 81 14. Kh-Garf An-Nu¥ÇymÇya 7 81 15. Kh-Garf An-Nu¥ÇymÇya 8 82 16. Kh-Garf An-Nu¥ÇymÇya 9 83 17. Kh-Garf An-Nu¥ÇymÇya 10 83 18. Kh-Garf An-Nu¥ÇymÇya 11 84 19. Kh-Garf An-Nu¥ÇymÇya 12 85 20. Kh-Garf An-Nu¥ÇymÇya 13 85 21. Kh-Garf An-Nu¥ÇymÇya 14 86 22. Kh-Garf An-Nu¥ÇymÇya 15 87 23. Kh-Garf An-Nu¥ÇymÇya 16 88 24. Kh-Garf An-Nu¥ÇymÇya 17 88 25. Kh-Garf Isbeel 1 89 26. Kh-Hakir 1 89 27. Kh-Âammat a°-¯ab¥ 2 89 28. Kh-Âammat a°-¯ab¥ 3 90 29. Kh-Âammat a°-¯ab¥ 4 90 30. Kh-Âammat a°-¯ab¥ 5 91 31. Kh-Âammat a°-¯ab¥ 6 91 32. Kh-Âammat a°-¯ab¥ 7 92 33. Kh-Âammat a°-¯ab¥ 8 93 34. Kh-Âammat a°-¯ab¥ 9 93 35. Kh-Âammat a°-¯ab¥ 10 94 36. Kh-Âammat a°-¯ab¥ 11 95 37. Kh-Âammat a°-¯ab¥ 12 95 38. Kh-Âammat a°-¯ab¥ 13 96 39. Kh-Âammat a°-¯ab¥ 14 96 40. Kh-Âammat a°-¯ab¥ 15 97 41. Kh-Âammat a°-¯ab¥ 16 97 42. Kh-Âammat a°-¯ab¥ 17 98 43. Kh-Âammat a°-¯ab¥ 18 98 44. Kh-Âammat a°-¯ab¥ 19 = Ja 3199 = Nagi 1 99 45. Kh-al-Kawlah 1 100 46. Kh-al-Kawlah 2 100 VIII 47. Kh-al-Kawlah 3 101 48. Kh-al-Khar¤b 1 102 49. Kh-Sanab¤n 1 102 50. Kh-Sayyah 3 103 51. Kh-Yak¤r 1 A-B 103 52. Kh-Yak¤r 2 104 B : Analysis 105 Chapter 4: 131-169 From middle second to end third Century AD A : Inscriptions: 132 1. Kh-Afq 1 132 2. Kh-£Umayma 4 132 3. Kh-£Umayma 5 133 4. Kh-£Umayma 6 134 5. Kh-£Umayma 7 134 6. Kh-£Umayma 8 135 7. Kh-£Umayma 9 136 8. Kh-£Umayma 10 137 9. Kh-£Umayma 11 137 10. Kh-£Umayma 16 138 11. Kh-£Umayma 17 138 12. Kh-£Umayma 18 139 13. Kh-£Umayma 19 140 14. Kh-Baynñn 4 = Gl 1537 140 15. Kh-Dadaih-Yaf¤¥a 2 141 16. Kh-Dadaih-Yaf¤¥a 3 142 17. Kh-Dadaih-Yaf¤¥a 4 142 18. Kh-¯¤f 1 143 19. Kh-Garf An-Nu¥ÇymÇya 18 144 20. Kh-al-Harñj 1 145 21. Kh-Âaddah 1 146 22. Kh-Âammat a°-¯ab¥ 20 147 23. Kh-Âammat a°-¯ab¥ 21 148 24. Kh-Âammat a°-¯ab¥ 22 148 25. Kh-Âammat a°-¯ab¥ 23 149 26. Kh-al-Kawlah 4 149 27. Kh-Nñna 1 (A) = Gl 1593,1594,1595,1596 150 28. Kh-Nñna 1 (B) 151 IX 29. Kh-Sayyah 4 152 30. Kh-Ûrm al-Fuqaha£ 1 152 B : Analysis 153 Chapter 5: 170-190 Fourth to sixth Century AD A : Inscriptions: 171 1. Kh-al-¥Aqm 1 171 2. Kh-±ilbij 1 172 3. Kh-Ball¤s 1 173 4. Kh-al-Kawmani al-Bas¤tÇn 1 174 5. Kh-al-Harñj 2 176 6. Kh-Al-Garashah 1 176 7. Kh-M¤rÇya 4 A-B 177 8. Kh-as-Salami £A°ru¥a 1 178 9. Kh-Tannin 1 = Gl 1539 179 10. Kh-Tannin 2 180 11. Kh-Tannin 3 181 B : Analysis 182 Bibliography 191-198 Tables 199 Dham¤r Map 210 Figures 211-279 X Dedication I dedicate this work to: The youth of Arab Spring in general, The youth of Yemen in particular, those who are trying to light the way with their blood, those who are sleeping on the streets and freedom fields, looking for their dreams confiscated by dictators, The souls of the martyrs of the Yemeni Revolution, The mothers of the martyrs, The wives of the martyrs, The children of the martyrs, My family who have believed and supported me, The city of Dhamar, which encouraged me a lot to do this work, The inscriptions of Dhamar Province, and Yemen; land, people, history and civilization.
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