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The first epigraphic evidence of the existence of Thulā in antiquity
Author(s) -
Sarah Rijziger
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
arabian archaeology and epigraphy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.384
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1600-0471
pISSN - 0905-7196
DOI - 10.1111/aae.12083
Subject(s) - clan , epigraphy , islam , period (music) , ancient history , history , provenance , archaeology , late antiquity , genealogy , classics , art , anthropology , sociology , petrology , geology , aesthetics
The discovery of three fragmentary Sabaic inscriptions in Thulā, Yemen, sheds new light on the so far unknown pre‐Islamic history of the town. The mention of a clan name ‘of Thulā’ ( ḏ‐Ṯly ) in one of these texts, dating from about the first century BC , makes it probable that all these inscriptions in fact originate from the site. Moreover, two previously published inscriptions from Thulā, the provenance of which had been doubted, can now clearly be attributed to the same corpus, which testifies to a pre‐Islamic occupation from the early Sabaic period onwards.