Yashhur'il Yuhar'ish

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Yashhur'il Yuhar'ish ( hadramitic ys 2 hrʾl yhrʿs 2 ), son of Abiyasa ', was a ruler ( Mukarrib ) of Hadramaut and ruled around AD 25.

Yashhur'il Yuhar'ish is best known for its coins, which show the image of the ruler on one side and an eagle on the other. These coins are the first in Hadramaut to depict the image of the ruler. He is also mentioned in two private inscriptions, one of them mentions the building of the barrier wall of Qalat (today al-Bina ' or Libna ) that he ordered, which was built to protect against the rising Himyar , the other reports the building of a tower . He did not call himself king , but had the old title mukarrib , which is why it was earlier mistakenly dated to the 5th century BC. Was dated.

literature

  • John Simpson: Queen of Sheba. British Museum Press, London 2002, ISBN 0714111511 , p. 78, no. 75-79.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Repertoire d'Épigraphie sémitique , Tome VI, Paris 1935, No. 2687; cited as RES 2687
  2. ↑ Albert Jamme: Hadrami texts from Khor Rori , in: Miscellanées d'ancient arabe IX, Washington 1979, pp. 97-98, pl. j; cited as Ja 2883 or KR 8
personal data
SURNAME Yashhur'il Yuhar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ruler of Hadramaut
DATE OF BIRTH 1st century BC BC or 1st century
DATE OF DEATH after 25