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Kamna 12 RES 2843; M 95
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 |
| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary (conjectural) |
GENERAL NOTES
| Halévy's copy. |
TEXT
1 h Rṯdʾl[ ... ...]—
2 (m) bn ʾs²rs¹ (ʿ)[d ... ...]—
3 rb bn [... ...]
4 rṯd Rṯdʾl mʾḫḏ-s¹ Yʿd w-ms¹qyt-s¹ w-ʾs¹[ṭr-s¹ ... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rṯdʾl [... ... 2 from the foundations [... ...] 3 [... ...] 4 Rṯdʾl committed his basin Yʿd, his irrigation system and his inscriptions to [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Kamna |
| Ancient site | Kmnhw |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1992 a: 184 | 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] |