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Kamna 20 RES 2924; M 146


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

Halévy's copy.

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...]m bn(y)[ ... ...]—
   2  s¹nr mwd S¹[... ...]
   3  s³lʾ Mdh(w)w-ʾ[... ...]
   4  ywm ḏbḥ Md[hww ... ...]
   5  (w)-Q(b)ḍ w-ʿrb [mṯʿy ... ...]
   6  ʿṯtr ḏ-R(ḥ)[bh ... ...]
   7  w-mlk Bʿṯ[tr ... ...]
   8  w-k(w)n ḏ-ṯs¹[... ...]((ḏṯn[ ... ...]))
   9  b-rʿẓ Nbʿ[l ... ...]
  10  w-ʿṯtr Ḥg[r ... ...]

Apparatus
1-2[... ...]s¹nr in Halévy's copy is probably en error.
2S¹[mhʿly] (?) (Robin).
7The context is not clear. Bʿṯtr is the name of a king of Haram. We do not consider this occurrence royal name, because mlk lacks the nunation. A reading variant is: w-mlk b-ʿṯ[... ...].
8ḏ-ṯs¹ (Robin). However, cf. the reading w-kwn ḏṯn ʿs²r on the inscription MṢM 3650.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Stela
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin. Conjectural
Modern siteKamna
Ancient siteKmnhw
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
NotesAccording to Halévy, this text comes form as-Sawdāʾ. Robin supposes that the provenance has to be corrected with Kamna on the basis of the gods mentioned.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin 1992 a: 192Robin, 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: 212-214Rossi, 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.