Nakrah

Nakrah deity

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. 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)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-07-27. Retrieved 2019-10-03.

Bibliography

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