CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

GENERAL NOTES

Halévy's copy.

TEXT


   1  h Rṯdʾl[ ... ...]—
   2  (m) bn ʾs²rs¹ (ʿ)[d ... ...]—
   3  rb bn [... ...]
   4  rṯd Rṯdʾl mʾḫḏ-s¹ Yʿd w-ms¹qyt-s¹ w-ʾs¹[ṭr-s¹ ... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Rṯdʾl [... ...
   2  from the foundations [... ...]
   3  [... ...]
   4  Rṯdʾl committed his basin Yʿd, his irrigation system and his inscriptions to [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteKamna
Ancient siteKmnhw
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextAgricultural irrigation context
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin 1992 a: 184Robin, 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]