Yitha'amar Bayyin II

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Yitha'amar Bayyin II ( Sabaean yṯʿʾmr byn Yiṯaʿʾamar Bayyin), son and successor of Sumuhu'ali Yanuf III. was a ruler ( Mukarrib ) of the Yemeni empire Saba . Hermann von Wissmann continues his reign around 510 BC. BC, Kenneth A. Kitchen, however, around 365-350 BC. Chr. He was evidently the last important mukarrib, after Kenneth A. Kitchen even the last mukarrib of Saba.

Yitha'amar Bayyin II completed the Ma'rib dam , which his father had begun , as documented by inscriptions on the two locks. In addition, since Hermann von Wissmann it has been assumed that the inscription RES 3943 , which has only been partially preserved, also comes from Yitha'amar Bayyin II. This represents a report of deeds similar to those of Karib'il Watar I and was found in Marib . In addition to the construction of the dam and the fortification of the city of Yathill (Yemeni name: Baraqish ), this inscription mentions two campaigns. In a campaign, Yitha'amar Bayyin advanced south and defeated the Yarfath and Dahas tribes who had rebelled against Saba's ally Qataban . He then beat the rising Empire Ma'in , which is incidentally mentioned here for the first time, the Amir and to Najran based Muha'mir . Yitha'amar's successor was believed to be Karib'il IV.

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 Yitha'amar .: Bayyin II S. 266-274 and pictures 13-15)
  • Norbert Nebes: Sabaean texts , in: Texts from the environment of the Old Testament , New Series II, (annotated translation of the report of deeds: pp. 332-335)
  • Nikolaus Rhodokanakis: Old Sabaean Texts I (Academy of Sciences in Vienna, Philosophical-Historical Class, Session Reports, Volume 206, 2nd Treatise). Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, Vienna / Leipzig 1927 (First edition and detailed translation of the report on the facts: pp. 5-8. For the identification of numerous place names, see the appendix Historical-geographical remarks on equations 418/419, 1000A, B by Adolf Grohmann )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Inscriptions cited as RES 4431 = Gl 558 + 557 and CIH 622 = Gl 1523 = Gl 525
  2. ↑ History of Sabaʾ II. (See bibliography), p. 269 ff.
predecessor Office successor
Yakrib Malek Watar II. Mukrib from Saba
510 / 365-350 BC Chr. 		Karib'il Watar I.
personal data
SURNAME Bayyin II, Yitha'amar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES yṯʿʾmr byn; Yiṯaʿʾamar Bayyin; Yatha 'Amar Bayin II.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ruler (Mukarrib) of the Yemeni Empire of Saba
DATE OF BIRTH 6th century BC BC or 5th century BC BC or 4th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 6th century BC BC or 5th century BC BC or 4th century BC Chr.