B133_1

• Superior document: Squeezes
• Author: Müller, David Heinrich
• Series: Squeezes
• Physical Description: 1 sheet
• Notes: Although Höfner (1944: 89) [bib:N4ZHS9UW] gives "Obne" as the provenance of this inscription, the Arabic note at the bottom of the squeeze indicates that the inscription is from Wādī al-Bināʾ. The latter provenance is also given in http://dasi.humnet.unipi.it/. The first three letters of the inscription are outlined in black pencil. Only a portion of the text on the right-hand side of the inscription is preserved. Of orthographic interest is the fact that the letters in the first line of the inscription are somewhat larger than those in lines 2-5. The squeeze itself appears to be largely stained. A note in Arabic is found in the lower right-hand corner.

Text preserved in the squeeze:1.Shakimum Salḥîn bin Riḍw[ân ]2.Hayaْʿʾîl ʿAlhân bin Banaʾîl and Da ( w )[ sum ]3.[..] and the polished stones and the fill of the wall of Qa(la)[t]4.Mayfaʿt and Ḍayfatân as a garrison; and he built5.[... ...] and the passages(?) fromRestored full text of the inscription:1.Shakimum Salḥîn bin Riḍw[ân has directed for his lord, Yashhurʾîl Yuharʿish bin ʾAbîyaْaʿ, the ruler of Ḥaḍramôt, when his two lords, ]2.Hayaْʿʾîl ʿAlhân bin Banaʾîl and Da ( w )[ sum Masabum bin Ẓarab, commanded him to build the defenses of Qalat and the defenses of Ḥigr, the elevated area from the seashore in front, on the terrace(?)]3.[..] and the polished stones and the fill of the wall of Qa(la)[t and the defenses, when they were on their guard against Ḥimyarum. And Hayaśaʿʾîl and Dawsum went forth, and with them were some of the high-ranking officials of Ḥaḍramôt; and they arrived at ]4.Mayfaʿt and Ḍayfatân as a garrison; and he built [ and strengthened the defenses of Ḍayfatân and he built the wall and the two towers of Yadhaʾân and Yadhatʾân and the gate of Yakan, in polished stone, and a barrier and a refuge ]5.[... ...] and the passages(?) from [ the base to the top, by the grace of Shamas in the second year of Yashraḥʾîl Dhû-ʿAzîzum, in three months, the construction by 120 men. ]

Text preserved in the squeeze:1.škmm | slḥn | bn | rḍw2.hyś[ʿ]ʾl | ʿlhn | bn | bnʾl | w-d(w)3.bt | w-n[h]mt | w-gsmhy | gnʾ | q(l)4.myfʿt | w-ḍ[yft]n | qrnhm | w-bny |5.[... ...] w-ʾbry | bn-mwRestored full text of the inscription:1.škmm | slḥn | bn | rḍw[n | qtdm | h-mrʾ-s | yšhrʾl | yhrʿš | bn | ʾbyśʿ | mkrb | ḥḍrmt | mt | ʾmr-s | mrʾ-sww]2.hyś [ʿ]ʾl | ʿlhn | bn | bnʾl | w-d(w)[sm | msbm | bn | ẓrb | h-bnʾ | ẓrb | h-bnʾ | ʿqbthn | qlt | w-ʿqb | ḥgr | ʿlhtyhn | bn | bḥrhn | qdmm | ʿlhy | gr=]3.bt | w-n[h]mt | w-gsmhy | gnʾ | q(l)[t | w-ʿqbhn | mt | ḥḏrw | b-ḥmyrm | w-tbʿ | hyśʿʾl | w-dwsm | w-ʿm-smn | bn | ʾbhty | ḥḍrmt | w-mtsk b-]4.myfʿt | w-ḍyftn | qrnhm | w-bny | [w-yʿr | ʿqb | ḍyfthn | w-bny | gnʾhn | w-mḥfdyhn | yḏʾn | w-yḏtʾn | w-ḫlfhn | ykn | b-mʿrb | w-śdm | w-ḍwym]5.[... ... |] w-ʾbry | bn-mw [| rbbm | ʾd | šqrm | bn-mw | lbn | šms | lbn | šms | b-hy | yšrḥʾl | ḏ-ʿḏḏm | śnyhn | šlśt | ʾwrḫm | b-ʿšry | w-mʾt | ʾsdm | gsmhm]