CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Robin 1992 a: pl. 57/a
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA

TEXT


      [... ...]
   1  (b)-(rʿẓ )(Nb)[ʿl w-]
   2  ʾldll [w-ʿṯ]—
   3  tr Ḥgr b-[Nb]—
   4  ṭʿly w-b[... ...]

Apparatus
The lacunae at the end of the lines might contain more lost text.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositHamburg, Museum für Völkerkunde, Hamburg 31.300: 1582
Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 36, w. 26
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteKamna
Ancient siteKmnhw
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mittwoch and Schlobies 1936: no. 7 (photo)Mittwoch, Eugen and Schlobies, Hans 1936. Altsüdarabische Inschriften im Hamburgischen Museum für Völkerkunde. Orientalia, 5: 1-34; 278-293; 349-357.
Robin 1992 a: 194, pl. 57/aRobin, 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: 244Rossi, 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.