Qataban
Qataban (Qatabanian: 𐩤𐩩𐩨𐩬, romanized: QTBN, Qatabān) was an ancient South Semitic-speaking kingdom of South Arabia (ancient Yemen) that existed from the early 1st millennium BCE to the late 1st or 2nd centuries CE.
Qatabān 𐩤𐩩𐩨𐩬 | |||||||||
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| Early 1st millennium BCE–Late 1st or late 2nd century CE | |||||||||
Qatabān in 100 BCE | |||||||||
| Capital | Timnaʿ | ||||||||
| Common languages | Qatabanian | ||||||||
| Religion | South Arabian polytheism | ||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Qatabanian | ||||||||
| Government | Kingdom | ||||||||
| Historical era | Iron Age Classical Antiquity | ||||||||
• Established | Early 1st millennium BCE | ||||||||
• Disestablished | Late 1st or late 2nd century CE | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Yemen | ||||||||
It was one of the six ancient South Arabian kingdoms of ancient Yemen, along with Sabaʾ, Maʿīn, Ḥaḍramawt, Ḥimyar and Awsān.
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