CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary (conjectural)

GENERAL NOTES

Probably, this text was inscribed on another face of the same offering table of Kamna 14 A. Hal 274 is the copy of one of the two fragments of this text.

TEXT


   1  rḍw fn[w]t w-ʿrb m[ṯʿy ... ...]
   2  [b-]rʿẓ N[bʿ]l w-ʿṯtr |

Apparatus
1-2the readings by RES, Mordtmann and Müller, and Halévy differ. Here we adopt the reading by RES, but note that RES restored m[ṯʿyt ... ...].
1Halévy: rḍw-s¹ fnw[t ....
Mordtmann and Müller: r]ḍw-s¹ fn[w]t w-ʿrb (m).
2Halévy: brʿẓ Nb.
Mordtmann and Müller: b]rʿẓ N[bʿ]l w-ʿṯtr.

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

Mordtmann and Müller, David H. 1883: 78-79Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Müller, David H. 1883. Sabäische Denkmälern. (Denkschriften der Kaiserilichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 33). Vienna: In commission bei Karl Gerold's Sohn.
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.