Awwam Temple

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Awwam Temple is an ancient Sabaean religious complex in present-day Yemen, renowned as one of the most important pre-Islamic temples in South Arabia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Awwam Temple canonical 3

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sabaean temple ⓘ
ancient temple ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
religious complex ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Mahram Bilqis ⓘ
linked to: Bilqis
architecturalStyle South Arabian ⓘ
linked to: Old South Arabian
associatedWith Marib Dam ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Almaqah ⓘ
builtBy Sabaeans ⓘ
category Ancient temples ⓘ
Archaeological sites in Yemen ⓘ
Sabaean civilization ⓘ
linked to: Sabaeans
constructionPeriod 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
country Yemen ⓘ
culture Sabaean ⓘ
linked to: Sabaeans
currentCondition ruins ⓘ
dedicatedTo Almaqah ⓘ
era pre-Islamic period ⓘ
excavated 20th century ⓘ
excavatedBy archaeologists ⓘ
function major regional pilgrimage center ⓘ
hasFeature altars ⓘ
courtyards ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
monumental entrance ⓘ
oval enclosure ⓘ
hasType cult center ⓘ
sanctuary ⓘ
heritage pre-Islamic Arabian ⓘ
heritageStatus important cultural heritage site of Yemen ⓘ
inscriptionsLanguage Sabaic ⓘ
locatedIn Marib Governorate ⓘ
linked to: Marib
locatedInHistoricalRegion ancient Sabaean kingdom ⓘ
locatedInRegion South Arabia ⓘ
linked to: Southern Arabia
locatedNear Marib ⓘ
locatedOn southern edge of ancient Marib oasis ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
partOf Sabaean religious landscape ⓘ
periodOfUse several centuries in the 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
regionHistoric Ancient Near East ⓘ
religion Sabaean polytheism ⓘ
significance one of the most important pre-Islamic temples in South Arabia ⓘ
usedFor offerings to deities ⓘ
pilgrimage ⓘ
religious rituals ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sabaean kingdom → archaeologicalSite → Awwam Temple ⓘ
Ma'rib → hasStructure → Awwam Temple ⓘ
Almaqah → temple → Awwam Temple ⓘ