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Kamna 37


Arbach 2021 a: 225, fig. 2
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyConstruction text
Royal inscriptionYes

TEXT

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   1  |Nbṭʿly ʾmr bn ʾls¹mʿ bny mḏbḥt-s¹|
   2  b-ʿfw w-b-Ṭrr ywm bny Ys¹mʿqhl

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Nbṭʿly ʾmr son of ʾls¹mʿ built his sacrificial place(s)
   2  in ʿfw and in Ṭrr, when he built Ys¹mʿqhl.
2The terms ʿfw and Ṭrr probably define two edifices or sectors of an edifice, possibly cellae in the temple Ys¹mʿqhl (Rossi 2022: 189).
Rossi 2022: 188-189Rossi, 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.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure » Lintel
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteKamna
Ancient siteKmnhw
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
NotesThe object was seen by M. Arbach in 2009 at al-Ḥazm, but the mention of king Nbṭʿly ʾmr and of the building Ys¹mʿqhl suggests that it was moved from Kamna, possibly from the temple of Ys¹mʿqhl (Rossi 2022: 187-188).
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CULTURAL NOTES

This inscription attests to a second construction phase of the temple Ys¹mʿqhl under Nbṭʿly ʾmr, after the previously attested phase under Yhzḥ Rdʿn, who possibly funded it. The mention of a sacrificial place in connection with Ys¹mʿqhl bears further evidence that
this was a religious building (Rossi 2022: 189).

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach 2021 a: 225, fig. 2Arbach, Mounir 2021. Nouvelles inscriptions des sites antiques du Jawf (Yémen). Semitica et Classica, 14: 223-231. 2023/11/06; https://doi.org/10.1484/J.SEC.5.129528.
Rossi 2022: 187-189, 469, fig. 28Rossi, 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.