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ID: 7029583
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7029583

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Timnaʻ (deserted settlement)  Timnaʻ (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 15 00 06 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 15.0010  decimal degrees
Long: 045 48 57 E  degrees minutes   Long: 45.8150  decimal degrees

Note: Timnaʻ was the ancient capital city of capital of the Qataban kingdom, in the area known as Wadi Bayh an. Was an important hub in the famous Incense Route, which supplied Arabian and Indian incense via camel caravan to ports on the Mediterranean Sea. Excavations indicate that Timnaʻ was destroyed by fire ca. 1st century CE, but there is further evidence of the city surviving until the end of the 2nd century CE.

Names:
Timnaʻ (preferred,C,V,display)
Timna (C,V)
تمنة (C,V,Arabic,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Al Yaman (nation)  ........  Al Yaman (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Shabwah (governorate)  ............  Shabwah (governorate) (P)
Hierarchy of Timnaʻ (deserted settlement)  ................  Timnaʻ (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)
archaeological site (C)
ancient site (C)
inhabited place (H)
caravanserai (H)

Related geographic places:
near/adjacent to ....  Bayḩān .......... (inhabited place)
..............................  (World, Asia, Al Yaman, Shabwah) [1084974]

Sources and Contributors:
تمنة..........  [VP]
...........  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
Timnaʻ..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
.................  Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) Authority Files (2001-)
Timna..........  [VP]
..............  Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) Authority Files (2001-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) Authority Files (2001-)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
..........  Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) Authority Files (2001-)

 

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