B173h = SE90

• Superior document: Squeezes
• Author: Müller, David Heinrich
• Series: Squeezes
• Physical Description: 1 sheet
• Notes: Traces of scotch tape can be seen in the bottom part of this squeeze. The squeeze preserves a portion of the first seven lines of text. The rest of the text has been restored here on the basis of the other squeezes taken from this inscription. Although Höfner (1944: 91) [bib:N4ZHS9UW] gives Šeqīr as the provenance of this inscription, the Digital Archive for the Study of Pre-Islamic Arabian Inscriptions (http://dasi.humnet.unipi.it/) gives Ḥinū az-Zurayr (ancient Harbat) as the provenance.

Text preserved in this squeeze:1.[Ya]daʿʾab Dhubyân2. [ ru ] ler of Qatabân and3.ʾAwsân and Kaḥid4. and Yarfaʾ5.[...] and carved out and [...]6.at the command of ʿAmm Dhû-Shaqî [ r ]7. Raymatim, and by ʿAmmRestored full text of the inscription:1.[Ya]daʿʾab Dhubyân2. [ bin Shahr, the ru ] ler of Qatabân and [all of the child-]3. [ ren of ʿAmm and] ʾAwsân and Kaḥid [and Da-]4.[hasum and Tubanû ] and Yarfaʾ, [the southern reaches]5.[and the northern reaches, has cu]t and carved out and leve[lled the road]6.[and the mountain pass of Ẓarrum] at the command of ʿAmm Dhû-Shaqî [ r. By ʿAmm, and by]7.[ʾAnbay, and by ʿAmm Dhû- ] Raymatim, and by ʿAmm [Dhû-Shaqîr, and by ]8. [Ḥawkam, and by Dhât-Ṣanatim, and by Dhât-Ẓahrân, and by Dhât-Raḥbân. ]9. [ʾAwsʿamm, the son of Yiṣurʿamm, of the lineage of Madihum, led and commanded all of]10.[the cutting and carving out and smoothing of the mountain pass of Ẓarrum, by the command of his lord,]11.[Yadaʿʾab.]

Text preserved in this squeeze:1.dʿʾb | ḏbyn |2.krb | qtbn | w3.ʾwsn | w-kḥd4. | w-yrfʾ |5.z | w-wzl | w-b6.(b)-ʾmr | ʿm | ḏ-šq7.rymtm | w-b | ʿm |Restored full text of the inscription:1.[y]dʿʾb | ḏbyn |2.[(b)n | šhr | m]krb | qtbn | w-[kl | w=]3.[ld | ʿm | w-]ʾwsn | w-kḥd [| w-d=]4.[hsm | w-tbnw] | w-yrfʾ | [ʾymnn]5.[w-ʾšʾmn | nq]z | w-wzl | w-b[rr | msbʾ]6.[w-mnql | ẓrm |] (b)-ʾmr | ʿm | ḏ-šq[r | b-ʿm | w-b]7.[ʾnby | w-b | ʿm | ḏ-]rymtm | w-b | ʿm | [ḏ-šqr | w-b]8.[ḥwkm | w-b | ḏt | ṣntm | w-b | ḏt | ẓhrn | w-b | ḏt | rḥbn]9.[ʾwsʿm | bn | yṣrʿm | bn | mdhm | tqdm | w-ḥrg | kl]10.[ʿšq | w-wzl | w-ṣll | mnqln | ẓrm | b-tḥrg | mrʾ-s]11.[ydʿʾb]