al-Kāfir 7
Robin 1992 a: 134, pl. 27/a
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Undefined Ancient South Arabian language |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | 5 |
GENERAL NOTES
| This text could be dated to late period A or beginning of period B and the language is most probably Minaic (see the other monumental texts of the temple: al-Kāfir 3, 4, and 5). |
TEXT
1 Hwr
| The word could be the name of the stone (maybe an architectural element) or of a person. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 19, w. 86 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Kāfir |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Central Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Mtbnṭyn |
| Notes | The inscription was found during the survey by the MAFRAY, inside the temple. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1992 a: 134, pl. 27/a | Robin, Christian J. 1992. Inabbaʾ, Haram, al-Kāfir, Kamna et al-Ḥarāshif. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 1. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente] |
| Rossi 2022: 288 | Rossi, Irene 2022. The city-states of the Jawf at the dawn of Ancient South Arabian history (8th-6th centuries BCE). II. Corpus of the inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 17/2). Roma: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider. |