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Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

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Ṣanʿāʾ MM 3630 bis


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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
Chronology
PeriodA

GENERAL NOTES

This text is written as a caption of the human figure on the altar, divided by its head.

TEXT

marker


   1  ʿms²wr

Apparatus
1It is unclear whether the proper names which constitute the object of the dedication refer to an object (the very altar?) or to a person.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositṢanʿāʾ, Military Museum, MM 3630
Support typeArtefact » Altar
ShapeSquared
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 40, w. 80, th. 50
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteKamna
Ancient siteKmnhw
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Catalogue 2000: 339-340, cat. 2142000. Yemen. Nel paese della Regina di Saba. Catalogo della Mostra, Palazzo Ruspoli, Fondazione Memmo, Roma 6 Aprile - 30 Giugno 2000. Milan: Skira.
Simpson 2002: 162, cat. 56Simpson, St John (ed.) 2002. Queen of Sheba. Treasures from the ancient Yemen. London: British Museum Press. [Catalogue of an exhibition held at the British Museum, London]
Robin 2002: 194-197, figs 3-7Robin, Christian J. 2002. Vers une meilleure connaissance de Kaminahū (Jawf du Yémen). Pages 191-213 in John F. Healey and Venetia Porter (eds). Studies on Arabia in honour of Professor G. Rex Smith. (Journal of Semitic Studies. Supplement, 14). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Rossi 2022: 199-201, 470, fig. 32a, 471, figs 32b-dRossi, 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.