Kamna 36
Breton and Arbach 2020: 102, fig. 18
By kind permission of M. Arbach
By kind permission of M. Arbach
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 16711 |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Altar | ||||||||||
| Shape | Squared | ||||||||||
| Material | Stone | ||||||||||
| Measures | h. 12, w. 54, th. 36.5 | ||||||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | Rectangular limestone altar, whose rear part is narrower than the part hosting the recessed surface for the offerings (Rossi 2022: 211). |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Kamna |
| Ancient site | Kmnhw |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context |
| Notes | Possibly from a temple or shrine of ʾl Yfʿn (Rossi 2022: 211). |
| Link to site record |
EPIGRAPHS
| Title | Kamna 36 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic |
| Link to epigraph record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Rossi 2022: 211-212, 473, fig. 35 | 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. |