Kamna 25
Bron 2013: 48, fig. 3
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 ʿmʿns¹ bn Ddʿhr
2 ḏ-Ḫṭṭ s²wʿ ʿṯtr
3 ḏ-Rḥbh qyn ʿmkrb
4 w-Wqhʾb ʾb ʾlrym
5 w-ʾbʾmr s³lʾ ʿṯtr
6 ḏ-Rḥbh ʾlrym mwṯb
7 s²wʿ ʿṯtr b-ʿs²rt
8 ywm ḏbḥ Mdhww ṯny
9 w-ḫḏʾ b-ʿs²rt s²lṯ
10 b-rʿẓ Nbʿl w-ʿṯtr
11 ḏ-Rḥbh w-Mdhww
12 w-ʾldll w-ʿṯtr Ḥgr
13 b-ywm ʿmkrb w-Wqhʾb
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿmʿns¹ son of Ddʿhr 2 of the family Ḫṭṭ, priest of ʿṯtr 3 ḏ-Rḥbh, qyn of ʿmukarrib 4 and Wqhʾb, father of ʾlrym 5 and ʾbʾmr, dedicated to ʿṯtr 6 ḏ-Rḥbh ʾlrym, vicary (?) 7 of the priest of ʿṯtr ...(?), 8 when he sacrificed to Mdhww two (sacrifices) 9 and he humbled (?) thirteen times (?), 10 by the command of Nbʿl and ʿṯtr 11 ḏ-Rḥbh and Mdhww 12 and ʾldll and ʿṯtr Ḥgr, 13 at the time of ʿmukarrib and Wqhʾb. |
| 6 | Bron suggests for mwṯb the meaning "celui qui siège à la place de, vicaire". |
| 7 | As for ʿs²rt the scholar proposes two hypothetical interpretations: a numeral or a group name. |
| 9 | For ḫḏʾ Bron suggests a comparison with ḫaḏaʾa "s'abaisser, s'humilier" with allusion to the penitential ceremonies. As for b-ʿs²rt s²lṯ, see the comment to the translation of ll.9-10 in Kamna 24. |
| Bron 2013: 49-50 | Bron, François 2013. Deux nouvelles inscriptions provenant de Kamna. Raydān, 8: 45-50. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Throne |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Kamna |
| Ancient site | Kmnhw |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
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CULTURAL NOTES
The author dedicates his own son as "vicary of the priest of ʿṯtr", according to Bron's translation. It is to note that he is son of the author of Kamna 24 and was object of the same kind of dedication by his father.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bron 2013: 49-50, fig. 3 | Bron, François 2013. Deux nouvelles inscriptions provenant de Kamna. Raydān, 8: 45-50. |