Yarhibol (merchant)

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Yarhibol ( Palmyrenian : yrhybwl ', also Jarhibol) was a merchant from Palmyra , who is known from an inscription on a statue plinth dated to the year 449 of the Seleucid era (= 138 AD). The inscription is written in two languages: Greek and Palmyrene. Accordingly, he was the son of a certain Lischamschu and came from the Aabei family. According to the inscription, he worked with merchants in Charax Spasinu and later also acted as envoy to King Orodes in Elymais . Several rulers of Elymais are known by the name Orodes, all of which are not dated, so it remains uncertain which ruler is meant by this name.

literature

  • Monika Schuol : The characters. A Mesopotamian kingdom in the Hellenistic-Parthian period . Steiner, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-515-07709-X , ( Oriens et Occidens 1), (Simultaneously: Kiel, Univ., Diss., 1998), pp. 61-63.
personal data
SURNAME Yarhibol
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jarhibol
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Palmyric merchant
DATE OF BIRTH 1st century or 2nd century
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century