Karib'il Bayyin I.

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Karib'il Bayyin I. ( Sabaean krbʾl byn Karibʾil Bayyin), son of Yitha'amar I , was a ruler ( Mukarrib ) of the old South Arabian Empire of Saba . Hermann von Wissmann continued his rule around 556 BC. BC, Kenneth A. Kitchen, however, around 415–400 BC. Chr.

After a boundary stone of the city of Naschq ruled by Saba, Karib'il Bayyin extended the area of ​​this city by 60 s 2 wḥṭ units, i.e. H. approx. 198 m In addition, two short building inscriptions from Marib , allegedly from the Mariber dam, go back to him . In addition, it is mentioned in a private inscription, the so-called Great Family Tree , which ensures its chronological classification.

Individual evidence

  1. CIH 637
  2. GM Bauer: K meram dliny v drevnej južnoj Arabii , in: Semitskie Jazyki , No. 3, 1976, pp. 24-31
  3. CIH 627 and 632

literature

  • Walter W. Müller (ed.) / Hermann von Wissmann : The story of Sabaʾ II. The great empire of the Sabaeans up to its end in the early 4th century BC. Chr. (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Philosophy and history class. Proceedings, Vol 402) published by the Austrian Academy of Sciences Vienna, 1982 ISBN 3700105169 (to Karib'il Bayyin I .: p 250-252)