Mari(a)ba
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: D.T. Potts
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Jérémie Schiettecatte, Sean Gillies, jfu, Enes Yılandiloğlu
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Last modified
Feb 06, 2026 12:35 PM
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History
Capital of the Sabaean kingdom.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/39379
15.427, 45.336
- Representative Locations:
- Imagery location of old Marib (550 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Amara (unspecified date range)
- Baraba (unspecified date range)
- Barmalacum (unspecified date range)
- Mara (unspecified date range)
- Marasdu (unspecified date range)
- Mareliabata (unspecified date range)
- Μαρίαβα (Mariaba: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - AD 300)
- Mariba oppidum (Mariba: Latin, 550 BC - AD 300)
- Meʾrib (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- Palmalachum (unspecified date range)
- Palmalacum (unspecified date range)
- Saba (unspecified date range)
- Sabas (unspecified date range)
- Sebā (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
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- Muḩāfaz̧at Ma’rib (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- None
- Great Dam of Ma'rib located at Mari(a)ba (unspecified date range)
ruin, settlement, tell
- See Further:
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- Aug. (Malcovati; PHI) Anc. 5.23
- BAtlas 4 C2 Mari(a)ba
- Plin., NH (Mayhoff: PHI) 6.159.2
- RE Suppl. 11 Uranios, cols. 1287
- RE Suppl. 11 Zaabram, cols. 1307
- StByz (Meineke; archive.org) M 433.1 Mariaba: Μαρίαβα
- Str. (Meineke: Perseus) 16.4.2
- ToposText Mariba or Mariaba (Arabia)
- Wikipedia (English) Marib
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 4 C2 Mari(a)ba
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Marib YEM
D.T. Potts, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Jérémie Schiettecatte, Sean Gillies, jfu, and Enes Yılandiloğlu, 'Mari(a)ba: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/39379> [accessed: 14 June 2026]
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