Qataban or
Katabania (
Arabic,
مملكة قتبان) was an
ancient Yemeni kingdom. Its heartland was located in the
Baihan valley. Like some other Southern Arabian kingdoms it gained great wealth from the trade of
frankincense and
myrrh, incenses which were burned at altars. The capital of Qataban was named
Timna and was located on the
trade route which passed through the other kingdoms of
Hadramaut,
Sheba and
Ma'in. The chief deity of the Qatabanians was Amm, or "Uncle" and the people called themselves the "children of Amm".