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Kamna 6


Robin 1992 a: pl. 50/a

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters8
Chronology
PeriodA

GENERAL NOTES

The writing style of the text is difficult to recognize. It could hypothetically be dated to end of period A - beginning of period B.

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ... ](bn )ʿ(ms²f)q ḏ-Yhr kbr (ʾ)[... ...](r)[.](m)[... ...]
   2  [... ...](b)s¹m [... ...]
   3  [... ...](ḏ)-(Rḥ)bh w-mṯʿ(y )(Wd) w-r(ḍ)[w-s¹ fnwt ... ...]
   4  [... ...] b-(rʿẓ) Nbʿ(l)( w)-[... ...]

Apparatus
1At the end: ʾ[... ...] (Robin) or k[... ...].
4At the beginning: ....]wh. b-rʿẓ (Robin).

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure » Walls
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 39.5, w. 129
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteKamna
Ancient siteKmnhw
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextUrban context: City walls
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin 1992 a: 175-176, pl. 50/aRobin, 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: 248-249Rossi, 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.