
A multilingual volume of conference proceedings (May 2001, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Orient-Abteilung), primarily in English, with an Arabic summary following each contribution. --- Contents: U. Brunner: The Geography and Economy of the Sabaen Homeland; S.A. Frantsouzoff: The Chronological Frame for the History of Raybun (Inland Hadramawt): Linguistic and Palaeographic Criteria; I. Gajda: The Earliest Monotheistic South Arabian Inscription; I. Gerlach: What is Sabaean Art? Problems in Distinguishing Ancient South Arabian Art Using Saba and Quataban as Examples; H. Hitgen: 'The Age of The Fighting Kingdoms' in South Arabia (1. Century B.C.-3. Century A.D.): Aspects of the Material Culture in a Period of Change; S. Japp: Selected Pottery from the Cemetery of the Awam Temple in Marib - Observations on Chronology and Provenance; E.J. Keall: Placing Al-Midamman in Time: The Work of the Canadian Archaeological Mission on the Tihama Coast, from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age; A. de Maigret: Some Reflections on the South Arabian Bayt; N. Nebes: Zur Chronologie der Inschriften aus dem Bar'an-Tempel; J. Retsö: Arabs in Pre-Islamic South Arabia; C.J. Robin: Himyar au IVe siècle de l'ère Chrétienne. Analyse des données chronologiques et essai de mise en ordre; N. Röring: The Façade of Monumental Tombs and Temples in Comparison; A. Sedov: Hadramawt Coinage: Its Sequence and Chronology; A. Sima: Juden und al-'Uzza-Verehrer. Neue Lesung zweier altsüdarabischer Graffiti aus Saudi-Arabien; P. Stein: Linguistic Contributions to Sabaean Chronology; P. Yule: Toward a Reconstruction of Ancient Zafar
Page Count:
197
Publication Date:
2005-01-01
Publisher:
Deutsches Archaologisches Institut
ISBN-10:
3805333617
ISBN-13:
9783805333610
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