GL379_01

• Superior document: Squeezes
• Series: Squeezes
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• Notes: This squeeze preserves a portion of the central part of the inscription. The remainder of the text can be reconstructed on the basis of other squeezes taken from the same inscription. Some traces of tape remain on this squeeze. It bears a date of 396 of the Era of Mabḥaḍ bin ʾAbḥuḍ (i.e. the so-called Ḥimyarite Era), which would be the equivalent of 286 CE.

Text preserved in this squeeze:1.and constructed and bui[lt ... ... the w]al[l]2.[a construction] in mud-brick and [in stone ... ...]. And they increased3.its wall and its glacis and its towers from its upper4.they repaired and reinforced for its gate door-leaves and a construction5. by the power of their lord, ʿAthtar [Shâri]qân6. in the month of Dhû-Qiyâẓân (i.e. June) [of the] ye[ar ]Restored full text of the inscription:1.[Yâsirum Yuhanʿim and his on Shammar Yuharʿish, the two kings of Sabaʾ and Dhû-Raydân … …] and constructed and bui[lt ... ... the w]al[l and the glacis and the towers of their town]2.[of Hakirum, and they built it and constructed and completed the construction … …] a construction in mud-brick and [in stone ... ...]. And they increased [and built high its wall and its glacis]3.[and its towers with two roofs and with a roof in … ...] its wall and its glacis and its towers from its upper [part to its foundation. And they constructed it and added]4.[a new wall, and they provided it with an access route and they equipped it, (that is,) the ḫṭln-structure, ... ...] they repaired and reinforced for its gate door-leaves and a construction [and a completion with all accuracy, from the foundation to the]5.[the top-(this) in the space of ten days from the month of Dhû-Mubakkirân (i.e. May) ... ...] by the power of their lord, ʿAthtar [Shâri]qân [and their protective goddesses and their (other) gods, and by the resources and the authority of the armies]6.[of Raydân. And they committed their town of Hakirum … … …] in the month of Dhû-Qiyâẓân (i.e. June) [of the] ye[ar 396 of the Era of Mabḥaḍ bin ʾAbḥuḍ].

Text preserved in this squeeze:1.w-ndb | w-hq[šb | ... ... | g]n[ʾ]2.[m]brʾm | ḥśśm | w-(ʾ)3.gnʾ-hw | w-ṣwbt-hw | w-[mḥfdt-hw | bn |] mr4.ḫdʿw | w-hʿqbw | l-ḫlf-hw | [m]ṣ[rʿ]tm | [m]brʾ |5.b-mqm | mrʾ-hmw | ʿṯtr-[šr]qn |6. | b-wrḫn | ḏ-qyẓn | [ḏ-b-ḫ]r[fn].Restored full text of the inscription:1.[ysrm | yhnʿm | w-bn-hw | šmr | yhrʿš | mlky | sbʾ | w-ḏ-rydn | ... ... |] w-ndb | w-hq[šb | ... ... | g]n[ʾ | w-ṣwbt | w-mḥfdt | hgr-hmw]2.[hkrm | w-hdbw-hw | w-brʾ | w-ḥẓyn | mbrʾ ... ... m]brʾm | ḥśśm | w-(ʾ)[bnm | ....m | w-wśfw | w-rymw | kl | gnʾ-hw | w-ṣwbt-]3.[hw | w-mḥfdt-hw | ḏ-ṯny | sqfyn | w-ḏ-sqfm | b-ʿ... ...]gnʾ-hw | w-ṣwbt-hw | w-[mḥfdt-hw | bn |] mr[ym-hw | ʿdy | ṯrt-hw | w-hdbw-hw | w-hʿqbn]4.[gnʾm | qšbm | w-hmrw-hw | w-šrʿw-hw | ḫṭln | ... ...]ḫdʿw | w-hʿqbw | l-ḫlf-hw | [m]ṣ[rʿ]tm | [m]brʾ | [w-mqyḥ | kl | ṣdqm | bn | mwṯrm | ʿdy | t=]5.[frʿm | b-mlʾ | ʿšrt | ymtm | bn | wrḫn | ḏ-mbkrn | ... ...]b-mqm | mrʾ-hmw | ʿṯtr-[šr]qn | [w-ʾšms-hmw | w-ʾlʾlt-hmw | w-b-ʾḫyl | w-mqymt | ḫmys]6.[ḏ-rydn | w-hrṯdw | hgr-hmw | hkrm | b-tḥ... ...] | b-wrḫn | ḏ-qyẓn | [ḏ-b-ḫ]r[fn | ḏ-l-sṯt] | w-[ṯsʿy | w-ṯlṯ | mʾtm | bn | ḫrf | mbḥḍ | bn | ʾbḥḍ].