Qataban

Qatabān
𐩤𐩩𐩨𐩬 (Qatabanian)
Early 1st millennium BCE–Late 1st or late 2nd century CE
Qatabān in 100 BCE
Qatabān in 100 BCE
CapitalTimna
Common languagesQatabanian
Religion
South Arabian polytheism
Demonym(s)Qatabanian
GovernmentKingdom
Historical era
• Established
Early 1st millennium BCE
• Disestablished
Late 1st or late 2nd century CE
Succeeded by
Ḥimyar
Ḥaḍramawt
Today part ofYemen

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.

It was one of the six ancient South Arabian kingdoms of ancient Yemen, along with Sabaʾ, Maʿīn, Ḥaḍramawt, Ḥimyar and Awsān.