La cité de Kamna fait partie des cinq cités-États de la région du Jawf au Yémen qui se sont développées au VIIIe-VIe s. av. J.-C. Les découvertes épigraphiques fortuites de ces dernières années ont largement contribué à améliorer nos connaissances de l'histoire de cette cité. Les auteurs proposent une reconstitution historique de la période de prospérité de la cité, au VIIIe s. av. J.-C., suivie de la période d'autonomie et d'allégeance au royaume de Saba', aux viie-vie s. av. J.-C. Cette période semblerait, d'après la rare documentation, se poursuivre pendant la seconde moitié du Ier millénaire av. J.-C. Sont également étudiées les institutions sociales et religieuses de la cité. Deux nouvelles inscriptions du VIIIe s. av. J.-C. sont éditées en appendice (Kamna 28 et 29).
The city of Kamna was a one of five city-states of the Jawf region in Yemen which developed in the 8th-6th centuries BC. Several fortuitous epigraphic discoveries over the last few years have contributed widely to our knowledge of the history of this city. The authors propose a historical reconstruction of the city's most prosperous period, in the 8th century BC, followed by a period of mixed autonomy and allegiance to the Kingdom of Saba', in the 7th-6th centuries BC. This latter period would seem, in light of the documentation, to continue into the second half of the first millennium BC. The city's social and religious institutions are also studied. Two new inscriptions from the 8th century BC are published in an appendix (Kamna 28 and Kamna 29).
Kamna, une cité prospère du Jawf du Yémen du VIIIe au VIe siècle av. J.-C.
Rossi I
2014
Abstract
The city of Kamna was a one of five city-states of the Jawf region in Yemen which developed in the 8th-6th centuries BC. Several fortuitous epigraphic discoveries over the last few years have contributed widely to our knowledge of the history of this city. The authors propose a historical reconstruction of the city's most prosperous period, in the 8th century BC, followed by a period of mixed autonomy and allegiance to the Kingdom of Saba', in the 7th-6th centuries BC. This latter period would seem, in light of the documentation, to continue into the second half of the first millennium BC. The city's social and religious institutions are also studied. Two new inscriptions from the 8th century BC are published in an appendix (Kamna 28 and Kamna 29).I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
