Nakrah

Nakrah (Sabaean: NKRḤ [M], Arabic: نكرح, romanized: Nakraḥ 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.

## See also

* Wadd
* 'Amm
* Temple of Nakrah

## References

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)". http://www.unior.it/userfiles/workarea_231/file/Articoli/De Maigret 50-90.pdf.

## Bibliography

* 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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