GL1571a

• Superior document: Squeezes
• Series: Squeezes
• Physical Description: 1 sheet
• Notes: Some traces of scotch tape remain on this squeeze. The state of preservation of this squeeze is very poor. Only a very small portion of text, sometimes no more than a word or two (if even that much), is preserved in each of the seven lines of the inscription from which this squeeze was taken. Line 4 is completely illegible.

Text preserved in this squeeze:1. bin Yitha 2. Kabatân 3.lilatân 4.[...]5.decree6. karib of Nazḥatân 7. thaʿ bin MawanyânRestored full text of the inscription:1.[Thus have decreed and ordained Karibʾîl Watar ] bin Yitha [ʿʾamar, King of Sabaʾ; and the Sabaeans, (i.e.) the council of ʿآdʾîl whom he has summoned; and Khalîl, which has entered the eponymous period in office; and Nazḥat; and the noblemen of Fayshân; and the main divisions (of other tribes) and the lower-ranking units of ... ... ... ... ..., on behalf of Yithaʿʾamar, the magistrate of Ṣirwâḥ,]2.[son of Dharaḥʾîl and the council of Ṣirwâḥ and the tribe of Ṣirwâḥ and their sons and their clients, in order that no soldiers of the kings shall give a petition-(specifically) they whom he (i.e., the king) might appoint over the tribes and the Sabaeans, the nšʾn-class and the tribes, the qsd-class and the merchants, and those who pay tribute in Raḥbatân and ] Kabatân [ and ]3. [ Maʿ]lilatân [ and ʾAśmādān -(with respect to) the crop-assessments and crop-sharing and land-tax from them in the form of vegetable crops and rain-fed crops and flour; and that all of the organization and crop-assessment and crop-sharing by the council of Ṣirwâḥ and the tribe of Ṣirwâḥ and their sons and their clients, and all of the organization and transactions and property transfers by]4.[the vassals of Sabaʾ at this spot are (hereby) agreed upon as binding by any tribe, and by any individual on behalf of his overlord, and by any individual who performs military service in the town of Ṣirwâḥ and in all of the (associated) territories. And may there be effective and legally binding upon the council of Ṣirwâḥ and the tribe of Ṣirwâḥ and their sons and their clients all crop-assessment and crop-sharing and or-]5.[ganizations and] decree[s and land-taxes and transactions by which they make crop-sharing agreements and assessments, and issue decrees and documents of inheritance, and impose fines, and conclude contracts upon the council of Ṣirwâḥ and the tribe of Ṣirwâḥ and their magistrates and their clients, before and after this decree. And as have the kings of]6.[Sabaʾ and the Sabaeans have decreed for the tribe of Ṣirwâḥ (so) have they (i.e. the council of Ṣirwâḥ and the tribe of Ṣirwâḥ) decreed to them (i.e. the aforementioned sub-groups). And this decree was made during the first ten days of (the month of) Dhû-Naylim in the year of Halakʾamar bin Garîmân. Witnesses to this document: Karibʾîl and Yaqahmalik of Yâfiʿân and ʾAbîʾamar bin Ḥazfarum and ʾAbî ] karib of Nazḥatân [ and ʿAmmîya- ]7.thaʿ bin Mawanyân [ and Laḥayʿathat bin Malîḥân of ʾArbaʾânhân and ʾAsaddhakir bin Qalẓân and Nashaʾkarib of Nazḥatân. ]

Text preserved in this squeeze:1.bn | yṯ2.kbtn3.lltn4.[...]5.w-mṯb6.krb | ḏ-nzḥtn |7.ṯʿ | bn | mwnyn |Restored full text of the inscription:1.[kn | hṯbw | w-hḥr | krbʾl | wtr |] bn | yṯ[ʿʾmr | mlk | sbʾ | w-sbʾ | msḫnn | ʿdʾl | ḏ-stqrʾ | w-ḫll | bhʾw | dwmm | w-nzḥt | w-ʿhrw | fyšn | w-ʾrbʿn | w-ḥśrw | mr... ... ... ...dn | l-yṯʿkrb | kbr | ṣrw=]2.[ḥ | bn | ḏrḥʾl | w-mśwd | ṣrwḥ | w-šʿbn | ṣrwḥ | w-bn-hmw | w-ʾdwmt-hmw | l-k-ḏ | ʾl | sʾlw | ʾsd | ʾmlkn | ʾlw | yhwṣtn | b-ʿly | ʾšʿbn | w-sbʾ | nšʾn | w-ʾšʿbn | qsdn | w-mkrn | w-ślʾn | b-rḥbtn | w-]kbtn | [w-]3.[mʿ]lltn [| w-ʾśmdn | ḫrṣ | w-šrk | w-rzm | b-ʿm-hmw | wrqm | w-dʿtm | w-ṭḥnm | w-kl | mnṣḥtm | w-ḫrṣm | w-šrkm | mśwd | ṣrwḥ | w-šʿbn | ṣrwḥ | w-bn-hmw | w-ʾdwmt-hmw | w-kl | mnṣḥtm | w-gzfm | w-mnqlm | b-ʿm]4.[šʿy | sbʾ | b-msbʾn | ʾtm | šʿbm | w-ʾsm | l-rʾs-hw | w-l | ʾs | yhrs | b-hgrn | ṣrwḥ | w-b | kl | ʾmdrn | w-l-k-ḏ | nfqm | w-śḫlm | bn | ʿly | mśwd | ṣrwḥ | w-šʿbn | ṣrwḥ | w-bn-hmw | w-ʾdwmt-hmw | kl | ḫrṣ | w-šrk | w-m=]5.[nṣḥ |] w-mṯb[t | w-ʾrzm | w-ʾgzf | b-hmw | šrkw | w-ḫrṣ | w-hṯb | w-hwrṯ | w-hʿḏb | w-gzf | b-ʿly | mśwd | ṣrwḥ | w-šʿbn | ṣrwḥ | w-ʾkbrw-hmw | w-ʾdwmt-hmw | b-qdmy | w-ʾṯr | ḏt | mṯbtn | w-ḥgm | k-hḥrw | ʾmlk]6.[sbʾ | w-sbʾ | l-šʿbn | ṣrwḥ | hḥrw | l-hmw | w-kwnt | ḏt | mṯbtn | b-frʿ | ḏ-nylm | ḏ-ḫrf | hlkʾmr | bn | grmn | smʿm | ḏt-ʿlm | krbʾl | w-yqhmlk | ḏ-yfʿn | w-ʾbʾmr | bn | ḥzfrm | w-ʾb]krb | ḏ-nzḥtn | [w-ʿmy=]7.ṯʿ | bn | mwnyn | [w-lḥyʿṯt | bn | mlḥn | ḏ-ʾrbʾnhn | w-ʾsdḏkr | bn | qlẓn | w-nšʾkrb | ḏ-nzḥtn]