Kamna 6
Robin 1992 a: pl. 50/a
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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 | 8 | ||
| Chronology |
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GENERAL NOTES
| The writing style of the text is difficult to recognize. It could hypothetically be dated to end of period A - beginning of period B. |
TEXT
1 [... ... ](bn )ʿ(ms²f)q ḏ-Yhr kbr (ʾ)[... ...](r)[.](m)[... ...]
2 [... ...](b)s¹m [... ...]
3 [... ...](ḏ)-(Rḥ)bh w-mṯʿ(y )(Wd) w-r(ḍ)[w-s¹ fnwt ... ...]
4 [... ...] b-(rʿẓ) Nbʿ(l)( w)-[... ...]
| 1 | At the end: ʾ[... ...] (Robin) or k[... ...]. |
| 4 | At the beginning: ....]wh. b-rʿẓ (Robin). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Walls |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 39.5, w. 129 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Kamna |
| Ancient site | Kmnhw |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: City walls |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1992 a: 175-176, pl. 50/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: 248-249 | 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. |