al-Kāfir 5
Robin 1992 a: pl. XXVI/a
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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 | 4.5 |
GENERAL NOTES
| We hypothetically consider this text Minaic on the basis of the comparison with the other two monumental inscriptions of the temple, al-Kāfir 3 and 4. On the palaeographical basis, it might be dated shortly later (period B?). |
TEXT
1 [... ...]
2 mm[... ...]
3 Mtb(n)[ṭyn ... ...]
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 23, w. 19 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Kāfir |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Central Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Mtbnṭyn |
| Notes | The inscription was found during the survey by the MAFRAY, inside the temple. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1992 a: 133, pl. 26/a | 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] |
| Rossi 2022: 294 | 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. |