CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


J.-F. Breton
Breton and Arbach 2020: 102, fig. 17

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure » Lintel
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 30, w. 74

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteKamna
Ancient siteKmnhw
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
NotesThis fragmentary limestone lintel was found by Breton in 1987 in the north-eastern part of Kamna. It belongs to a structure that might have been a temple, a public building, or a private dwelling construction (Breton and Arbach 2020: 84).
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EPIGRAPHS

TitleKamna 35
LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Breton and Arbach 2020: 84, 102, fig. 17Breton, Jean-François and Arbach, Mounir 2020. Kamna, une cité archaïque du Jawf (Yémen). Pages 71-102 in I. V. Zaitsev (ed.). Arabian Antiquities. Studies Dedicated to A. Sedov on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday. Moscow: Oriental Literature Publisher.
Rossi 2022: 243Rossi, 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.