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Kamna 2 RES 2841; M 93
Robin 1992 a: pl. 46/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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GENERAL NOTES
| Up to now, all the inscriptions from Kamna are in Minaic language; this is why we consider this text Minaic. |
TEXT
1 ʾbndb
| 1 | ʾbndb is probably the name of the jamb. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Architectural structure » Door jamb |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 275 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Kamna |
| Ancient site | Kmnhw |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Notes | The jamb was found by the MAFRAY, in the south part of the site. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1992 a: 170-171, pl. 46/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: 239 | 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. |