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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The writing style of the text is difficult to recognize. It could hypothetically be dated to end of period A - beginning of period B. |
1 | At the end: ʾ[... ...] (Robin) or k[... ...]. |
4 | At the beginning: ....]wh. b-rʿẓ (Robin). |
Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Walls |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 39.5, w. 129 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Kamna |
Ancient site | Kmnhw |
Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
Country | Yemen |
Found | In situ |
Archaeological context | Urban context: City walls |
Link to site record |
Robin 1992 a: 175-176, pl. 50/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: 248-249 | 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. |