Charibael
Charibael (Sabaean: Karibʾīl, "Blessed by God", or "Following God") was a South Arabian ruler described in and contemporary with the 1st-centuryAD Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. Name The two Greek manuscripts of the Periplus give the names , Kharibaḗl, or , Kharibaḗla, Latinized as Charibael or Charibaël. There is now widespread agreement that the name represents a transcription of the Sabaean name (Sabaean:). Pace Glaser & Schoff, this was not a title but was a regnal name shared by numerous other South Arabian rulers. Description The Periplus calls Charibael the "lawful king" of the "Homerites" and "those living next to them called the Sabaites". He is said to dwell in Saphar and to maintain friendship with the Roman emperors by means of "continual embassies and gifts". He is said to exercise control over the towns of "Muza" (Mocha) and "Saua" (Taiz) in "Mapharitis" through a "vassal-chief" named "Cholaebus" (Kula'ib). From the Roman merchants calling at Mocha, he required tribute of "horses and sumpter-mules, vessels of gold and polished silver, finely woven clothing and copper vessels". His realm included "Ocelis" at the Bab-el-Mandeb and the ruins at "Eudaemon Arabia" but to exert little control beyond it, with the rest of the