CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

DASI

Kamna 16 RES 2849; M 100


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Undefined Ancient South Arabian language
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision

GENERAL NOTES

Halévy's copy. Hal 277 (apparently from Kamna) seems a shorter copy of Hal 279 (apparently from al-Bayḍāʾ): the text is the same, but it ends at line 4. In this case, the probable mention of Ns²qm at l. 6 suggests that the text comes from al-Bayḍāʾ and not from Kamna.

TEXT


   1  Zydmn
   2  [... ...]ḫṭb w-ṣ[... ...]
   3  [... ...]nyn b-y[... ...]
   4  [... ...]bʿn ʿl[... ...]
   5  [... ...]yn b[... ...]
   6  [... ... N]s²qm

Apparatus
2ʾ]ḫṭb w-ṣ[rḥt (Robin).
6the restoration Ns²qm is hypothetical. It could refer to the toponym or be a part of the theonym ḏt Ns²qm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeUnknown
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

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

Robin 1992 a: 187-188Robin, 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]