GL1571b

• Superior document: Squeezes
• Series: Squeezes
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Text preserved in this squeeze:1.ʾîl Watar bin Yithaʿʾamar, King of Sabaʾ; and the Sabaeans, (i.e.) the council of ʿآdʾîl whom he has summon [ ed ]2.appoint over the tribes and the Sabaeans, the nšʾn-class and the tribes, the qsd-class and the merchants, and3. 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-assessment4.effective and legally binding upon the council of Ṣirwâḥ and the tribe of Ṣirwâḥ and their sons and5.transactions by which they make crop-sharing agreements and assessments, and issue decrees and documents of inheritance, and impose fines, and conclude contracts upon6. Witnesses to this document: Karibʾîl and Yaqahmalik of Yâfiʿân and ʾAbîʾamar bin Ḥazfarum7. bin Malîḥân of ʾArbaʾânhân and ʾAsaddhakir bin Qalẓân and Nashaʾkarib of Nazḥatân.Restored full text of the inscription:1.[Thus have decreed and ordained Karib]ʾîl Watar bin Yithaʿʾamar, King of Sabaʾ; and the Sabaeans, (i.e.) the council of ʿآdʾîl whom he has summon [ ed; 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. [ Maʿlilatân 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 clien[ts all crop-assessment and crop-sharing and or-]5.[ganizations and decrees 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 coun[cil 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 Garîm ]ân. Witnesses to this document: Karibʾîl and Yaqahmalik of Yâfiʿân and ʾAbîʾamar bin Ḥazfarum [and ʾAbîkarib of Nazḥatân and ʿAmmîya- ]7. [ thaʿ bin Mawanyân and Laḥayʿathat] bin Malîḥân of ʾArbaʾânhân and ʾAsaddhakir bin Qalẓân and Nashaʾkarib of Nazḥatân.

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