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Kamna 9


Robin 1992 a: pl. 52

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters4.2
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text

GENERAL NOTES

The inscription was found during the MAFRAY survey in the east part of the site.

TEXT

marker


   1  Ddʾns¹ b(n) Dds¹mʿ qyn Mhq(m) w-ʾls¹mʿ s³lʾ
   2  Nbʿl ywm ʿrb m(ṯ)[ʿ](y )(ʿ)ṯtr w-ḏbḥ Qbṭ
   3  (w)-ḏbḥ Mdhww ṯ(n)[... ... ʾ](r)bʿn b-ʿṯtr Ḥgr

Apparatus
3ṯ(nt)[y w-ʾ](r)bʿn (Robin).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ddʾns¹ son of Dds¹mʿ, qyn of Mhqm and ʾls¹mʿ, dedicated
   2  to Nbʿl, when he made offerings to ʿṯtr, he sacrificed to Qbṭ
   3  and he sacrificed to Mdhww [... ...], by ʿṯtr Ḥgr.
3"to Mdhww four[ty-t]wo (victims)", according to Robin's restoration.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Offering table
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 33, w. 88, th. 38
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteKamna
Ancient siteKmnhw
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
NotesThe inscription was found by the MAFRAY survey in the north part of the site.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin 1992 a: 179-181, pl. 52Robin, 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]