, the name of the ancient capital of the South Arabian kingdom of Ḥaḍramawt [q.v. in Suppl.].

The name of this town appears in classical sources as Sabata (Strabo, Geographica , XVI, 4.2, according to Eratosthenes), Sabatha (Ptolemaios, Geographia , VI, 7.38), Sabbatha ( Periplus maris Erythraei , 27) and Sabota (Pliny, Natural history, VI, 155; XII, 52). Ptolemaios calls the town a metropolis, and the Periplus additionally calls it the residence of the king, for whom silverware, horses, statues, and clothing of fine quality are imported. Pliny mentions as the…