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MṢM 4573


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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of lettersabout 4.5
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyConstruction text
Royal inscriptionYes

TEXT

marker


   1  [Ḏ]mrkrb Rym bn ʾls¹mʿ ml—
   2  k Kmnhw bny gnʾn b-ḏ Qs¹s¹
   3  b-ʿṯtr S²rqn w-Wdm w-Nb—
   4  ʿl w-ḏ-Mdhw[w] w-b ʾlʾlt |
   5  Kmnhw w-(b ) [... ...](h) b-ʾḫwt
   6  S¹mhʿl(y) w-(S¹bʾ) w-b Kmnhw

Apparatus
2ḏ-Qs¹s¹ is attested for the first time in Minaic.
5A possible integration is with the divine name ḏ-Rḥbh.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ḏmrkrb Rym son of ʾls¹mʿ king
   2  of Kmnhw constructed the wall in ḏ-Qs¹s¹
   3  by ʿṯtr S²rqn, Wdm, Nbʿl,
   4  ḏ-Mdhww and by the gods of
   5  Kmnhw and by [... ...]h, and by the brotherhood (= alliance)
   6  of S¹mhʿly and Sabaʾ, and by Kmnhw.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositṢanʿāʾ, Military Museum, MṢM 4573
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 38, w. 65, th. 8
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteKamna
Ancient siteKmnhw
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
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CULTURAL NOTES

A king named Ḏmrkrb Rym bn ʾls¹mʿ is also the author of another inscription housed in the Military Museum of Ṣanʿāʾ (Fr-Ṣanʿāʾ 5).

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Prioletta 2014 a: 196-198, fig. 3Prioletta, Alessia 2014. Nouvelles inscriptions maʿīniques de Kamna au Musée militaire de Ṣanʿāʿ. Semitica et Classica, 7: 191-201.