CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA. Conjectural

GENERAL NOTES

This text runs on the edge of the altar, above Kamna 14 A.

TEXT


   1  [... ...]fq bḥ[... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositIstanbul, Ancient Orient Museum, 7458-7460
Support typeArtefact » Offering table » With ibex frieze
MaterialStone
MeasuresKamna 14 A: h. 23, w. 47; Kamna 14 B: h. 15, w. about 36; Kamna 14 C: h. 19, w. 17, th. 15
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteKamna
Ancient siteKmnhw
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin 1992 a: 185-187Robin, 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: 245-247Rossi, 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.