The Jawf valley as a crossroad. Some observations about the tribe of Amīr in South Arabia
Scope of the present paper is to draw attention to the ethnic and cultural complexity in the Jawf region (Northern Yemen) during the 1st millennium BCE. The analysis will concentrate in particular into some linguistic and cultural traits that characterize the documentation that is traditionally associated with the tribe of Amīr, which is generally considered to be installed in Southern Arabia only during the end of the 1st millennium BCE.