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Kamna 27
Gajda and Arbach 2022: 205, fig. 1
by kind permission of M. Arbach (© Issam al-Ani)
by kind permission of M. Arbach (© Issam al-Ani)
Gajda and Arbach 2022: 205, fig. 1
by kind permission of M. Arbach (© Issam al-Ani)
by kind permission of M. Arbach (© Issam al-Ani)
Gajda and Arbach 2022: 206, fig. 2
by kind permission of M. Arbach (© Issam al-Ani)
by kind permission of M. Arbach (© Issam al-Ani)
Issam al-Ani
Gajda and Arbach 2022: 206, fig. 3
Gajda and Arbach 2022: 206, fig. 3
Gajda and Arbach 2022: 206, fig. 4
by kind permission of M. Arbach (© Issam al-Ani)
by kind permission of M. Arbach (© Issam al-Ani)
Gajda and Arbach 2022: 206, fig. 5
by kind permission of M. Arbach (author: Mathilde Kania)
by kind permission of M. Arbach (author: Mathilde Kania)
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 | ||
| Measure of letters | 4 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 Ḏmrkrb Rym bn
2 ʾls¹mʿ mlk Kmn—
3 hw s³lʾ Nbʿl yw—
4 m s¹ḥdṯ mbny gwl
5 rṣfn w-ṣhr-s¹ s²hl—
6 ṯt ʾʾwd b-ʾmr ʿṯ—
7 tr ḏ-Rḥbh b-ʿṯtr |
8 S²rqn w-Wd w-Nbʿl
9 w-Mdhww b-ʾḫwt ʾ—
10 lmqh w-[S¹mh]ʿly |
11 (w)[-S¹b]ʾ |
TRANSLATIONS
| French | |
1 Dhamarkarib Riyām fils de 2 Ilīsamīʿ, roi de Kamina- 3 hū, a offert à Nabʿal lorsqu’il 4 a bâti à neuf la construction de la totalité du 5 sanctuaire-rṣf (?) et il l’a recouvert d’un revêtement (d’une hauteur) de trois 6 assises. Sur l’ordre de ʿAthtar 7 dhū-Raḥbah. Par ʿAthtar 8 Shāriqān, Wadd, Nabʿal, 9 Madahwū. Avec l’alliance 10 d’Almaqah et [Sumhū]ʿalī 11 et [Saba]ʾ. |
| Gajda and Arbach 2022: 206 | Gajda, Iwona and Arbach, Mounir 2022. Inscription dédicatoire d’un roi de Kaminahū, Arabie du Sud. Semitica et Classica, 15: 205-213. 2025/12/29; https://doi.org/10.1484/J.SEC.5.133136. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 80, w. 44 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Kamna |
| Ancient site | Kmnhw |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
This inscription attests to an alliance between the king of Kamna Ḏmrkrb Rym and the king of Sabaʾ [S¹mh]ʿly. Cf. MṢM 4573 and Fr-Ṣanʿāʿ 5.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Gajda and Arbach 2022: 205-208, figs 1-4 (photos), 5 (facsimile) | Gajda, Iwona and Arbach, Mounir 2022. Inscription dédicatoire d’un roi de Kaminahū, Arabie du Sud. Semitica et Classica, 15: 205-213. 2025/12/29; https://doi.org/10.1484/J.SEC.5.133136. |