Yarhai
Yarhai (Greek Iaraios ) was a Palmyric merchant who lived in the first half of the second century AD. It is best known from a bilingual (Greek and Palmyrenic) inscription on a column drum from Palmyra.
Yarhai was the son of a certain Nebuzabad, who was probably also from Palmyra. The inscription, dated to the year 131 AD, reports that Yarhai was installed as a satrap by the King of the Charakene Meredates in Bahrain , which was then under the rule of the Charakene.
literature
- Monika Schuol : The characters. A Mesopotamian kingdom in the Hellenistic-Parthian period (= Oriens et Occidens . 1). Steiner, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-515-07709-X , pp. 56-57, (also: Kiel, Universität, dissertation, 1998).
- Delbert R. Hillers, Eleonora Cussini: Palmyrene Aramaic Texts (= Publications of The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project. ). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD et al. 1996, ISBN 0-8018-5278-1 , p. 202.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Yarhai |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Satrap of Bahrain |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century or 2nd century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century |