Kaminahu

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Kaminahu

Kaminahu ( old South Arabic kmnhw ; today Kamna ) is the name of an old South Arabian city in northern Jauf in present-day Yemen , 107 km north-northeast of Sana'a at about 1100 m above sea level

In the early days, Kaminahu was, like the other cities of the Jauf, such as Haram and Naschān, a separate city-state. Around 715 BC Kaminahu was subjugated by Yitha'amar Watar I of Saba after it had annexed Naschan and the neighboring city of Manhiyat. In the war of Saba against Naschan and probably also against Ausan led by Karib'il Watar I (around 685 BC), Ilsamaʿ of Kaminahu supported the Sabaeans together with Yadhmurmalik of Haram; As a reward, a captured irrigation canal was assigned to Kaminahu by Naschan. At this time, Kaminahu seems to have flourished, as Ilsamaʿ is mentioned on many inscriptions. In addition, building inscriptions report that Ilsamaʿ Nabaṭ of Kaminahu built the city fortifications of Naschq . The various dedicatory inscriptions from this period suggest that in addition to Athtar Hagar , a special figure of the god Athtar , the local gods Nabʿal and Mdhww were worshiped in Kaminahu . With the establishment of the Ma'in Empire in the 6th century BC Kaminahu lost its importance.

See also the article section: Architectural History of South Arabia

Kings of Kaminahu

The order and dating of most of the kings is unclear.

'Ammyithaʿ and ʿAmmschafiq (belonging to Kaminahu uncertain)
Muhaqim and Ilsamaʿ
Ilsamaʿ, probably identical with the co-gentleman of the Muhaqim
Nabatʿali (Amir), son of Ilsamaʿ, ally of Karib'il Watar I (around 685 BC)
Mrkrb Rym, son of Ilsamaʿ
S [...] (possibly Sumhuyafa)
Ilsamaʿ Nabaṭ
Wahbu, son of Mas'ud
Ilsamaʿ Ḏrḥn

Individual evidence

↑ Norbert Nebes: Itaʾamar the Sabaeans: To date the monumental inscription of Yiṯaʿʾamar Watar from Ṣirwāḥ. In: Arabian archeology and epigraphy . Copenhagen 2007, 18 (2007), pp. 25-33.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Walter W. Müller (ed.) / Hermann von Wissmann : The story of Sabaʾ II. The great empire of the Sabeans up to its end in the early 4th century BC. Chr. (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Philosophy and history class. Proceedings, Vol 402) published by the Austrian Academy of Sciences Vienna, 1982 ISBN 3-7001-0516-9
↑ For details see: KA Kitchen: Documentation for Ancient Arabia I, Liverpool 1994, pp. 113-114, 181-182 ISBN 0-85323-359-4
↑ Missing from Kitchen. See: S. Frantsouzoff: Once more on the interpretation of mṯl in Epigraphic South Arabian (a new expiatory inscription on irrigation from Kamna) . In: Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies . tape 40 , 2010, p. 161-170 .
↑ Christian Robin: Vers une meilleure connaissance de Kaminahu (Jawf du Yémen) . In: JF Healey and V. Porter (eds.): Studies on Arabia in Honor of G. Rex Smith (= Journal of Semitic Studies Supplement ). tape 14 . Oxford 2002, p. 191-213 .

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[1] Norbert Nebes: Itaʾamar the Sabaeans: To date the monumental inscription of Yiṯaʿʾamar Watar from Ṣirwāḥ. In: Arabian archeology and epigraphy . Copenhagen 2007, 18 (2007), pp. 25-33.

[Wissmann-2] Walter W. Müller (ed.) / Hermann von Wissmann : The story of Sabaʾ II. The great empire of the Sabeans up to its end in the early 4th century BC. Chr. (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Philosophy and history class. Proceedings, Vol 402) published by the Austrian Academy of Sciences Vienna, 1982 ISBN 3-7001-0516-9

[3] For details see: KA Kitchen: Documentation for Ancient Arabia I, Liverpool 1994, pp. 113-114, 181-182 ISBN 0-85323-359-4

[4] Missing from Kitchen. See: S. Frantsouzoff: Once more on the interpretation of mṯl in Epigraphic South Arabian (a new expiatory inscription on irrigation from Kamna) . In: Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies . tape 40 , 2010, p. 161-170 .

[5] Christian Robin: Vers une meilleure connaissance de Kaminahu (Jawf du Yémen) . In: JF Healey and V. Porter (eds.): Studies on Arabia in Honor of G. Rex Smith (= Journal of Semitic Studies Supplement ). tape 14 . Oxford 2002, p. 191-213 .