Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 7 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text |
Considering the architectural context, we have defined this a construction text. However, we cannot exclude that "bny Ys¹mʿqhl" is the indication of the family name. See al-Ḥarāshif 2 for comparison. |
English | |
1 Yhzḥ Rdʿn son of S¹mh- 2 s¹mʿ built Ys¹mʿqhl. |
2 | the name of the sanctuary sounds unusual, rather resembling a proper name. We could alternatively hypothesize that Ys¹mʿqhl is the name of the family's ancestor, translating: "Yhzḥ Rdʿn son of S¹mhs¹mʿ offspring of Ys¹mʿqhl". |
Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum |
Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Pillar |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 337, w. 70, th. 50 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Kamna |
Ancient site | Kmnhw |
Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Banāt ʿĀd |
Link to site record |
Audouin and Arbach 2004: fig. 33 | Audouin, Rémy and Arbach, Mounir 2004. La découverte du temple d'Aranyadaʾ à Nashshān. Rapport préliminaire d'une opération de sauvetage franco-yéménite. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres: 1278-1304. |
Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006: 18-19, pl. 3/6 | Arbach, Mounir and Schiettecatte, Jérémie 2006. Catalogue des pièces archéologiques et épigraphiques du Jawf au Musée National de Ṣanʿâʾ. Ṣanʿâʾ National Museum. Ṣanʿāʾ: Centre français d'archéologie et de sciences sociales de Ṣanʿâʾ. [Text in French and Arabic] |
Arbach 2022: 77, fig. 22a | Arbach, 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: 183-184 | Rossi, 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. |