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One of the two components of the kingdom of Sabaʾ, which is often called ‘Sabaʾ and Fayshān’. Fayshān appears to have no territory of its own and is said to be the name of a group of populations not belonging to Sabaʾ, but linked to the Sabaean crown. The earliest evidence of the name Fayshān goes back to the 8th century BCE, and it disappeared after the annexation of Sabaʾ by Ḥimyar (c. 275 CE). It was not retained by Arab traditionists of the Islamic period.
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Popular sculpture of small dimensions (7-10 cm in height), representing human and animal figures, mainly made in terracotta. This type of artefact was very common in the ancient Near East from the Neolithic Age onwards (when it was imbued with magic meaning connected to fecundity). Figurines appeared in Yemen at the beginning of the 1st millennium BCE, mainly in relation with funerary contexts. Small bronze sculptures (no more than 10-15 cm in height), with votive functions, are also examined.
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Frankincense tree (Boswellia sacra)
Frankincense trees (Boswellia sacra Flück.) yield the frankincense resin that was traded and used in the ancient world
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Fulayj is an archaeological site occupied from the Early Iron Age until the Late Islamic period; its main building is a late Sasanian and early Islamic fort.