Kamna 3 RES 2842; M 94
Robin 1992 a: pl. 47/b
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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 | 8 | ||
| Chronology |
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GENERAL NOTES
| Up to now, all the inscriptions from Kamna are in Minaic language; this is why we consider this text Minaic. |
TEXT
1 (ʾ)b(ẓrb)
| 1 | ʾbẓrb is probably the name of the jamb. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Door jamb |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Kamna |
| Ancient site | Kmnhw |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Notes | The jamb was found during the MAFRAY survey, in the south part of the site. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1992 a: 171, pl. 47/a-b | 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: 239 | 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. |