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al-Kāfir 3
Robin 1992 a: pl. XXIV/b
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 8 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
GENERAL NOTES
| The inscription may be dated to the end of period A or beginning of period B, on the basis of the mention of ʾlkbr ʾmr, king of Haram, and of the palaeographical analysis. |
TEXT
1 ʾlkbr ʾmr s¹ḥdṯ
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾlkbr ʾmr founded. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Architectural structure |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 15, w. 330 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Kāfir |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Central Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Mtbnṭyn |
| Notes | The inscription was found during the survey by the MAFRAY, inside the temple. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1992 a: 132, pl. 24/a-b | Robin, 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] |
| Rossi 2022: 254, 481, fig. 48 | 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. |