Kamna 11 CIH 716; RES 2753 D
By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
- By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
- Robin 1992 a: pl. 54/a
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Northern Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 nfs¹ w-qbr Zbdm w-Q—
2 mys²m bnty Ks²d Ḥnky—
3 n
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Funerary stela and tomb of Zbdm and Q- 2 mys²m, daughters of Ks²d the Ḥanaki- 3 te. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Sem 22 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela (nfs¹ w-qbr) |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 21, w. 37 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Kamna |
| Ancient site | Kmnhw |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context |
| Notes | Halévy (Hal 168/1+167/2) maintains that the inscription was copied in Haram, but according to Glaser (Gl 1059 in Höfner 1944: 83) it comes from Kamna. Robin accepts Glaser's information (Robin 1992: 151). |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1992 a: 183, pl. 54/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] |