Kamna 9
Robin 1992 a: pl. 52
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4.2 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| The inscription was found during the MAFRAY survey in the east part of the site. |
TEXT
1 Ddʾns¹ b(n) Dds¹mʿ qyn Mhq(m) w-ʾls¹mʿ s³lʾ
2 Nbʿl ywm ʿrb m(ṯ)[ʿ](y )(ʿ)ṯtr w-ḏbḥ Qbṭ
3 (w)-ḏbḥ Mdhww ṯ(n)[... ... ʾ](r)bʿn b-ʿṯtr Ḥgr
| 3 | ṯ(nt)[y w-ʾ](r)bʿn (Robin). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ddʾns¹ son of Dds¹mʿ, qyn of Mhqm and ʾls¹mʿ, dedicated 2 to Nbʿl, when he made offerings to ʿṯtr, he sacrificed to Qbṭ 3 and he sacrificed to Mdhww [... ...], by ʿṯtr Ḥgr. |
| 3 | "to Mdhww four[ty-t]wo (victims)", according to Robin's restoration. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Offering table |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 33, w. 88, th. 38 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Kamna |
| Ancient site | Kmnhw |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | The inscription was found by the MAFRAY survey in the north part of the site. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1992 a: 179-181, pl. 52 | Robin, 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] |