GL1365

• Superior document: Squeezes
• Series: Squeezes
• Physical Description: 1 sheet
• Notes: The inscription whose text is preserved here was already in a somewhat frgamentary state when the squeeze was made. The restoration of "Mārib", the name of the capital of the Sabaean kingdom, in Line 13 is hypothetical but seems plausible enough.

1.[Saʿdîshams Yaʾ]zim and his brothers Burg Yuhar[ḥib]2.[and …]nân of the lineage of Bataʿ and Hamdân, leaders of the tribe of Sa[m-]3.[ʿî,] two-[thirds] of Ḥumlân and Ḥâshidum, have dedicated to their patron-deity4.[Taʾlab] Riyâmum, Lord of Turʿat, these four statues out of gratitude5.[because] Taʾlab Riyâmum has [ful]filled all of the oracle[s which]6.[they had sought] from him --and may Taʾlab Riyâmum continue to ful[fill and]7.[grant] his [serv]ants of the lineage of Bataʿ and Hamdân all the orac[les which]8.[they might seek] from him; and out of gratitude because Taʾlab Riyâmum aided and [protected]9.his servants Saʿdîshamsum and Burg of the line[age of Bataʿ]10.[and Hamdân and] their two tribes of Ḥumlân and Ḥâshidum wh[en …]11.[… Ra]ḥbatân from the town of Mârib in [… …]12.[in the month of Dhû-]ʾAbhay from the revolt which broke out [… …]13.[… … Mâr]ib during that campaign. And may [… …]

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