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event · evt_baran_early_temple_use

Earliest documented use of the Bar’an temple

The Almaqah temple at Bar’an entered use near the ninth century BCE and became part of a later monumental Sabaean landscape.

Evidence confidence: very high
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What is the evidence?

observation

The Almaqah temple at Bar’an entered use near the ninth century BCE and became part of a later monumental Sabaean landscape.

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Review and provenance

Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.

Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.

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Chronology

Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.

Preferred assertion

900 BCE–800 BCE

Precision: radiocarbon horizon

Chronology model: Bar’an temple radiocarbon sequence

high

Radiocarbon samples place the beginning of the long temple sequence around the ninth century BCE, close to the release endpoint.

Interpretation and caveats

The early horizon is included as an endpoint development. It does not validate traditional second-millennium Sabaean royal chronologies.

Event context

Classification

Event type: temple establishment and use

Evidence layer: archaeological

Timeline role: regional core

Why it matters to the timeline

The event helps show the transition from earlier highland systems to securely dated monumental institutions near 800 BCE.

Research notes

  • Provides the early temple chronology. Role: dates. Locator: pp. 1363–1369; earliest radiocarbon sequence.

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