Awām Temple (Mahram Bilqis)

Above Left: Temple Awām ruin, 2017; source: Marib Governat Above Right: Peristyle of Temple Awām - plan ; source Philips Wendel.

Sabaean Culture, Temple Awām, also known as Mahram Bilqis, is located in Marib, Yemen. The Temple was dedicated to Ilmaqah (or Almaqah, the Sun God) the national god of the Sabaean kingdom of Sheba, built c. 7th Century, B.C.E. This was an important pre-Islamic center located on one of the principal caravan rounds linking the Mediterranean civilizations with the Arabian Peninsula prospering on the trade monopoly of frankincense and myrrh from the southern Yemeni coastal region of Hadhramaut.

Elevation is c.1102 meters (3615 feet) above sea level.

Materials: stone, roofing unknown.

Data for this CG model:
1. Maraqten, Mohammed 2015. Sacred spaces in ancient Yemen – The Awām Temple, Maʾrib BAR27402. Published in: Pre-Islamic South Arabia and its Neighbours: New Developments of Research
Edited by Mounir Arbach and Jérémie Schiettecatte;
Britsh Foundaton for the Study of Arabia Monographs No. 16
Series editors: D. Kennet & St J. Simpson; Published Archaeo Press, Publishers of British Archaeological Reports, Oxford, Engand.