Kamna 5
Robin 1992 a: pl. 49
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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 | 6 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| According to Robin, l.1 is probably the end of an inscription that must have begun on another support, because it has no connection with the rest of the text and it is separated from l.2 by a wider space than the other line-spacings. The text surely continued on a different support after l.4. |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 w-ṯʿd ʾlḏrʾ w-(ʾ)bʾns¹ ḏ-ʿf
2 Ṣbḥndb ʾm Bḥr ʿs¹yt ʾ(tr) Ṯbrn
3 w-ʾrbʿ ʾʾtḥ w-qf ʿ(m)dn w-s²lwṯ
4 ʾtḥn ʿd s¹yy w-(ṯ)ʿd-s¹ bn rmn b-rʿ(ẓ) N—
5 [bʿl ... ...]
| 1 | ḏ-ʿf or Ḏʿf. |
| 2 | Ṯbrn is attested as a name of group (Haram 2) and of building. Here it might be also a name of place or person. |
| 4 | rmn could alternatively be a toponym. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
[... ...] 1 and the plot of ʾlḏrʾ and of ʾbʾns¹ ḏ-ʿf. 2 Ṣbḥndb, mother of Bḥr, acquired the parcels (?) of Ṯbrn 3 and the four buildings (?) and the stela of ʿmdn and the three (floors?) of 4 this building (?) up to the terrace (?) and her plot by cash payment (?). By the command of N- 5 bʿl [... ...] |
| For a discussion of the problematic words, see Robin's commentary to the text. |
| Robin 1992 a: 173-174 | 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] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Beam |
| Material | Wood |
| Measures | h. 26, w. 99 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Kamna |
| Ancient site | Kmnhw |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | The wooden panel was found during the MAFRAY survey, in the south-west part of the site. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1992 a: 172-175, pls 48/b, 49 | 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] |