Kamna 32
By kind permission of Ch. Robin and J. Schiettecatte
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [.]ʾbm bn ʿmḏḫr
2 hqny ʾlmqh Hlkʾmr
3 w-Lbʾn w-Ḫlʾmr
4 w-ʾlḏrʾ w-ʾlfs²
5 b-ʿṯtr w-b ʾlmqh
6 w-Nbʿl w-b ḏt-Ḥmym
7 w-b Yṯʿʾmr w-b Ḏm—
8 rʿly w-b Nbṭʿly
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [.]ʾbm, son of ʿmḏḫr, 2 dedicated to ʾlmqh Hlkʾmr, 3 Lbʾn, Ḫlʾmr, 4 ʾlḏrʾ and ʾlfs². 5 By ʿṯtr and by ʾlmqh 6 and Nbʿl and by ḏt-Ḥmym 7 and by Yṯʿʾmr and by 8 Ḏmrʿly and by Nbṭʿly. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Altar |
| Shape | With truncated pyramidal base |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Kamna |
| Ancient site | Kmnhw |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh |
| Notes | The origin from Kamna is suggested by the invocation to the god of Kamna Nbʿl and the mention of the king of Kamna Nbṭʿly, alongside the divinities and the kings of Sabaʾ. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach and Rossi 2015: 21-23, fig. 5 | Arbach, Mounir and Rossi, Irene 2015. Nouveaux documents sabéens provenant de Kamna du VIIIe–VIIe siècle avant J.-C.. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 26/1: 16-27. 2015/06/02; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aae.12052/pdf. [DOI: 10.1111/aae.12052] |
| Arbach 2022: 81, fig. 25 | 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: 209-210 | 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. |