CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


By kind permission of Ch. Robin and J. Schiettecatte

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT


   1  [.]ʾbm bn ʿmḏḫr
   2  hqny ʾlmqh Hlkʾmr
   3  w-Lbʾn w-Ḫlʾmr
   4  w-ʾlḏrʾ w-ʾlfs²
   5  b-ʿṯtr w-b ʾlmqh
   6  w-Nbʿl w-b ḏt-Ḥmym
   7  w-b Yṯʿʾmr w-b Ḏm—
   8  rʿly w-b Nbṭʿly

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [.]ʾbm, son of ʿmḏḫr,
   2  dedicated to ʾlmqh Hlkʾmr,
   3  Lbʾn, Ḫlʾmr,
   4  ʾlḏrʾ and ʾlfs².
   5  By ʿṯtr and by ʾlmqh
   6  and Nbʿl and by ḏt-Ḥmym
   7  and by Yṯʿʾmr and by
   8  Ḏmrʿly and by Nbṭʿly.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Altar
ShapeWith truncated pyramidal base
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin. Conjectural
Modern siteKamna
Ancient siteKmnhw
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾlmqh
NotesThe origin from Kamna is suggested by the invocation to the god of Kamna Nbʿl and the mention of the king of Kamna Nbṭʿly, alongside the divinities and the kings of Sabaʾ.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach and Rossi 2015: 21-23, fig. 5Arbach, Mounir and Rossi, Irene 2015. Nouveaux documents sabéens provenant de Kamna du VIIIe–VIIe siècle avant J.-C.. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 26/1: 16-27. 2015/06/02; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aae.12052/pdf. [DOI: 10.1111/aae.12052]
Arbach 2022: 81, fig. 25Arbach, 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: 209-210Rossi, 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.