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Kamna 16 RES 2849; M 100
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Undefined Ancient South Arabian language |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Text appearance | Recessed |
| Execution technique | Incision |
GENERAL NOTES
| Halévy's copy. Hal 277 (apparently from Kamna) seems a shorter copy of Hal 279 (apparently from al-Bayḍāʾ): the text is the same, but it ends at line 4. In this case, the probable mention of Ns²qm at l. 6 suggests that the text comes from al-Bayḍāʾ and not from Kamna. |
TEXT
1 Zydmn
2 [... ...]ḫṭb w-ṣ[... ...]
3 [... ...]nyn b-y[... ...]
4 [... ...]bʿn ʿl[... ...]
5 [... ...]yn b[... ...]
6 [... ... N]s²qm
| 2 | ʾ]ḫṭb w-ṣ[rḥt (Robin). |
| 6 | the restoration Ns²qm is hypothetical. It could refer to the toponym or be a part of the theonym ḏt Ns²qm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Unknown |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Kamna |
| Ancient site | Kmnhw |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1992 a: 187-188 | 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] |