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Kamna 8 RES 2844; M 96
Robin 1992 a: pl. 50/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 | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...]
2 [... ... s³](lʾt) S¹mʿt |
| Halévy read two more lines above and one below the text recorded by the MAFRAY. His transcription is: (S¹)lṣnʿ (or, (ʾ)lṣnʿ) ḏt Ln krb ḫ Ḫls²fq bnt byt Nbṭʿly s³lʾt S¹mʿt s¹brrt | |
| The author of the text was a woman, possibly belonging to the royal family (byt Nbṭʿly, according to Halévy's copy). S¹mʿt could be the name of the dedicated person or object. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 43, w. 101 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Kamna |
| Ancient site | Kmnhw |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | The inscription was found by the MAFRAY survey in the north part of the site. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1992 a: 177-178, pl. 50/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] |