Barāqish/Yathill (Yemen) 1986-2007. / Volumes 1 and 2 / / edited by Sabina Antonini and Francesco G. Fedele ; with contributions by Alessio Agostini, Sabina Antonini, Mounir Arbach, Vittoria Buffa, Christian Darles, Francesco G. Fedele, Solène Marion de Procé, Alessandra Paladino, Jérémie Schiettecatte, Saverio Bruno Scigliano, Rosario Valentini ; Arabic translation of abstracts by Khālid al-ʿAnsī = a cura di Sabina Antonini and Francesco G. Fedele ; contributi di Alessio Agostini, Sabina Antonini, Mounir Arbach, Vittoria Buffa, Christian Darles, Francesco G. Fedele, Solène Marion de Procé, Alessandra Paladino, Jérémie Schiettecatte, Saverio Bruno Scigliano, Rosario Valentini ; Riassunti in arabo di Khālid al-ʿAnsī.

• Superior document: Archaeopress Archaeology
• TeilnehmendeR: Fedele, Francesco, 1952-; Agostini, Alessio,; Arbach, Mounir,; Buffa, Vittoria,; Darles, Christian; De Procé, Solène Marion,; Paladino, Angela,; Schiettecatte, Jérémie,; Scigliano, Saverio Bruno,; Valentini, Rosario,; al-ʿAnsī, Khālid,
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford : : Archaeopress,, [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Archaeopress Archaeology.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 945 pages) :; illustrations (photographs, plans, maps)

This richly illustrated volume presents the remarkable results of the Italian Archaeological Mission's investigations at the site of the walled town of Barāqish in interior Yemen, ancient Yathill of the Sabaeans and Minaeans, between 1986 and 2007.

Table of Contents

Volume 1. Excavations of Temple B and Related Research and Restoration = cavi del Tempio B e ricerche e restauri connessi -- Volume 2. Excavations in Area C and Overview Studies = Scavi fuori mura (Area C) e studi di sintesi

Volume 1. Contents -- Preface = Premessa -- Contributors -- Dates and Arabic names -- Barāqish: reference map and plan -- Introductory information. Chapter 1. A history of archaeological research at Barāqish and in its area / Sabina Antonini and Francesco G. Fedele -- Chapter 2. Risultati della prima prospezione della Missione archeologica italiana a Barāqish nel 1986 / Sabina Antonini -- The Temple of ʿAthtar dhu-Qabḍ (Temple B) -- Chapter 3. Il tempio di ʿAthtar dhu-Qabḍ. Lo scavo / Alessio Agostini -- Chapter 4. Il tempio di ʿAthtar dhu-Qabḍ. Le iscrizioni / Alessio Agostini -- Chapter 5. Il tempio di ʿAthtar dhu-Qabḍ. Gli oggetti / Sabina Antonini -- Chapter 6. An obsidian cache from Temple B / Francesco G. Fedele -- Chapter 7. The Temple of ʿAthtar dhu-Qabḍ. The Pottery / Vittoria Buffa -- Extramural excavation at Recess R44/45 (Minaean Wall) -- Chapter 8. Lo scavo fuori mura in R44/45 a Barāqish / Sabina Antonini con Rosario Valentini -- Chapter 9. Lo scavo fuori mura in R44/45 a Barāqish. Le iscrizioni / Alessio Agostini -- Architecture and Cult. Chapter 10. L'architecture des Temples de Nakraḥ et ʿAthtar dhu-Qabḍ à Barāqish Christian Darles -- Chapter 11. Le mobilier de culte dans le temple de Nakraḥ à Barāqish / Solène Marion de Procé -- Chapter 12. La brique de terre crue dans les fortifications de l'Arabie du sud. L'exemple de Barāqish / Christian Darles -- Restoration: Temples A and B -- Chapter 13. Restauro conservativo e strutturale degli elementi architettonici della sala ipostila del Tempio di Nakraḥ (Tempio A) a Barāqish / Saverio Bruno Scigliano e Alessandra Paladino -- Chapter 14. Restauro, movimentazione e messa in sicurezza degli elementi architettonici del tempio di ʿAthtar dhu-Qabḍ (Tempio B) a Barāqish / averio Bruno Scigliano e Alessandra Paladino -- Barāqish/Yathill: Corings and Radiocarbon. Chapter 15. Exploratory coring at Barāqish, 1987 and 1990 / Francesco G. Fedele -- Chapter 16. Radiocarbon determinations 1987-2006: Corings, Temples A and B, Area D. A survey and reappraisal / Francesco G. Fedele -- Bibliography for Volume 1.

Volume 2. Contents -- Chapter 17. Excavations in Area C. Setting, Stratigraphy, and Geoarchaeology / Francesco G. Fedele -- Chapter 18. Excavations in Area C. Chronology and the Historical Sequence / Francesco G. Fedele -- Chapter 19. Excavations in Area C. Economy, Trade, and the Environment / Francesco G. Fedele -- Chapter 20. The Area C Collection Catalogue and Related Works / Francesco G. Fedele -- Chapter 21. Area C. The Objects / Francesco G. Fedele and Sabina Antonini -- Area C. The Objects -- Chapter 22. Area C. The Minaean Pottery / Vittoria Buffa -- Chapter 23. Area C. The Sabaean Pottery: a Survey / Francesco G. Fedele -- Chapter 24. Area C. Il materiale epigrafico / Alessio Agostini -- Ceramic Typology, Territory, and a Historical Outline of the Jawf -- Chapter 25. The Typological Classification of the Minaean Pottery from the Temple of ʿAthtar dhu-Qabḍ and the Extramural Excavations in Area C / Vittoria Buffa -- Chapter 26. A Glimpse of 'Greater Yathill': Sabaean Settlement and Tell Evolution / Francesco G. Fedele -- Chapter 27. Les inscriptions de Barāqish : apport à la connaissance de l'antique cité de Yathill et du royaume de Maʿīn / Jérémie Schiettecatte avec la collaboration de Mounir Arbach -- Chapter 28. Risultati di una prospezione archeologica nel sito di Darb al-Ṣabī / Rosario Valentini -- Abstracts of Chapters -- Bibliography for Volume 2.