CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


By kind permission of Ch. Robin and J. Schiettecatte
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By kind permission of Ch. Robin and J. Schiettecatte
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By kind permission of Ch. Robin and J. Schiettecatte
photo
By kind permission of Ch. Robin and J. Schiettecatte
photo
By kind permission of Ch. Robin and J. Schiettecatte

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Offering table » With bull head as gutter
MaterialStone
Decoration
Figurative subjectAnimal » Bull
      Part of animal bodyHead
Decoration
Figurative subjectSymbol
      Symbol's shapeTotschläger
      Symbol's referenceGod: ʾlmqh
Notes on support and decorationsSquared offering table with bull's head as gutter. The text begins on the left of the gutter, while on the right a symbol of ʾlmqh is incised, decorated by traits and dots.

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin. Conjectural
Modern siteKamna
Ancient siteKmnhw
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
NotesKamna is the most probable place of the object. See the argumentation in Arbach and Rossi 2015: 24-25.
Link to site record

EPIGRAPHS

TitleKamna 33
LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach and Rossi 2015: 23-25Arbach, Mounir and Rossi, Irene 2015. Nouveaux documents sabéens provenant de Kamna du VIIIe–VIIe siècle avant J.-C.. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 26/1: 16-27. 2015/06/02; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aae.12052/pdf. [DOI: 10.1111/aae.12052]