entity · site_baran_temple
Bar’an temple
Temple of Almaqah near Ma'rib with activity beginning near the ninth century BCE and continuing much later.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
900 BCE–600 BCE
Precision: range
- informs · dates
Radiocarbon Datings from the Almaqah Temple of Bar'an, Ma'rib, Republic of Yemen: Approximately 800 cal BC to 600 cal AD — Jochen Görsdorf, Burkhard Vogt (2001)Provides the early temple chronology.
Locator: pp. 1363–1369; earliest radiocarbon sequence - informs · locates
Landmarks of the Ancient Kingdom of Saba, Marib: Maps and Nomination Documentation — UNESCO World Heritage Centre (2023)Provides the official modern locator.
Locator: Bar’an Temple map and coordinate
Research description
The site marks an early monumental and cultic horizon near the release endpoint. It does not validate traditional high chronologies for Sabaean rulers or second-millennium Sabaean borders.
Evidence and sources
- supports · dates
Radiocarbon Datings from the Almaqah Temple of Bar'an, Ma'rib, Republic of Yemen: Approximately 800 cal BC to 600 cal AD — Jochen Görsdorf, Burkhard Vogt (2001)Provides the early temple chronology.
Locator: pp. 1363–1369; earliest radiocarbon sequence - supports · locates
Landmarks of the Ancient Kingdom of Saba, Marib: Maps and Nomination Documentation — UNESCO World Heritage Centre (2023)Provides the official modern locator.
Locator: Bar’an Temple map and coordinate
Referenced records
- Yemen highlands · entity
- Geography assertion for site_baran_temple · geography assertion