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Kamna 34
Arbach and al-Ḥājj 2017: 28, fig. 1
By kind permission of Mounir Arbach and Mohammed al-Ḥājj
By kind permission of Mounir Arbach and Mohammed al-Ḥājj
Arbach and al-Ḥājj 2017: 28, fig. 1
By kind permission of Mounir Arbach and Mohammed al-Ḥājj
By kind permission of Mounir Arbach and Mohammed al-Ḥājj
Arbach and al-Ḥājj 2017: 28, fig. 2
By kind permission of Mounir Arbach and Mohammed al-Ḥājj
By kind permission of Mounir Arbach and Mohammed al-Ḥājj
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [... ... ]Krbʾl w-S¹mhʿly hqn→y ʾlmqh ywm ʿqb b-Kmn—
2 [hw ... ... w]rḫm 7 b-ḍr Ns²n w-hrg→ Ns²n s²lṯt mʾm 300|
| 1 | the editors integrate [… … mwd ]Krbʾl. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Throne |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Kamna |
| Ancient site | Kmnhw |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach and al-Ḥājj 2017: 27-29, figs 1-2 | Arbach, Mounir and al-Hajj, Mohammed 2017. Al-ʿalāqāt al-siyāsiyya bayna mamlakat Sabaʾ wa-mudun mamālik al-Jawf, fī ḍawʾ naqsh sabaʾī jadīd mina al-qarn al-sābiʿ qabla al-milād. Adūmātū, 36: 25-36. |
| Arbach 2022: 121, fig. 39 | Arbach, Mounir 2022. The city-states of the Jawf at the dawn of Ancient South Arabian history (8th-6th centuries BCE). I. From cities to kingdoms. (Arabia Antica, 17/1). Roma: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider. 2025/12/29; https://doi.org/10.48255/9788891322920. |
| Rossi 2022: 215-216 | 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. |