Nakrah

Nakrah (Sabaean: NKRḤ [M], Arabic: نكرح and Nikraḥum) was an ancient South Arabian god of protection and salvation worshiped in the Minaean Kingdom.^[1] The place of worship of the deity is located in today's Jawf in northern Yemen. It is located near the village Ma'in, the ancient Qarnawu. Around his sanctuary was a sacred precinct bounded by nine inscription stones. The site is located around the hill Darb al-Ṣabī.^[1] In Baraqish there are temples that were created In honor of Nakrah.^[2] Adolf Grohmann assumed that Nakrah was a sun goddess, which stood in Ma'in next to the moon god Almaqah and Venus Athtar. However, Jacques Ryckmans and W. W. Müller, said that Nakrah was a male god.

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Jacques Ryckmans: Die Altsüdarabische Religion. In: Werner Daum (Hrsg.): Jemen. Umschau, Frankfurt am Main, ISBN:3-7016-2251-5, S. 111–115.

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Jacques Ryckmans, Die Altsüdarabische Religion, (siehe Lit.), S. 112
↑ Newsletter Archeologia (CISA), numero 0, pp.50-90 / Alessandro de Maigret: THE EXCAVATIONS OF THE ITALIAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL MISSION AT BARÂQISH (REPUBLIC OF YEMEN)

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[Ryckmans-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Jacques Ryckmans, Die Altsüdarabische Religion, (siehe Lit.), S. 112

[2] Newsletter Archeologia (CISA), numero 0, pp.50-90 / Alessandro de Maigret: THE EXCAVATIONS OF THE ITALIAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL MISSION AT BARÂQISH (REPUBLIC OF YEMEN)

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