CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


By kind permission of Ch. Robin and J. Schiettecatte

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Offering table » With bull head as gutter
MaterialStone
Decoration
Figurative subjectAnimal » Bull
      Part of animal bodyHead
Decoration
Figurative subjectSymbol
      Symbol's shapeTotschläger
      Symbol's referenceGod: ʾlmqh
Notes on support and decorationsSquared offering table with bull's head as gutter. The text begins on the left of the gutter, while on the right a symbol of ʾlmqh is incised, decorated by traits and dots.

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin. Conjectural
Modern siteKamna
Ancient siteKmnhw
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
NotesKamna is the most probable place of the object. See the argumentation in Arbach and Rossi 2015: 24-25.
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EPIGRAPHS

TitleKamna 33
LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach and Rossi 2015: 23-25Arbach, 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]