Kamna 7
Robin 1992 a: pl. 51/a-b
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 19 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
GENERAL NOTES
| Only two fragments of the inscription are readable (those on blocks A and B). Of the third block of the lintel, only few letters of the text were readable, because its face was turned upside down; there is no photo of it. Probaby, a fourth fragment of text lacks between blocks A and B, containing the patronymic and - maybe - the title of the king. |
TEXT
1 (ʾl)s¹mʿ [... ...]↯ s¹ḥdṯ rṣf((Rṣf)) k-Mdhw↯w ywm s¹[... ...]
2 w-S¹(bʾ)[ ... ...↯ ʿṯ]tr S²rqn w-Wd w-(ʾ)↯lmqh w-[... ...]
| 2 | At the beginning Robin restores: w-S¹bʾ[ b-rʿẓ ʿṯ]tr. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾls¹mʿ [... ...] founded a portico (or, founded Rṣf) for Mdhww, when [... ...] 2 and Sabaʾ [... ...] ʿṯtr S²rqn, Wd, ʾlmqh and [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Lintel |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | Block A: h. 80, w. 150; block B: h. 80 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥizmat an-Naṣāʾib |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | al-Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Mdhww |
| Notes | The lintel was found at Ḥizmat an-Naṣāʾib, east of Kamna, during the MAFRAY survey. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1992 a: 176-177, pl. 51/a-b | 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] |
| Arbach 2022: 83, fig. 26 | Arbach, Mounir 2022. The city-states of the Jawf at the dawn of Ancient South Arabian history (8th-6th centuries BCE). I. From cities to kingdoms. (Arabia Antica, 17/1). Roma: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider. |
| Rossi 2022: 186-187 | 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. |