GL1571d

• Superior document: Squeezes
• Series: Squeezes
• Physical Description: 1 sheet
• Notes: A portion of the upper right-hand side of the squeeze has been torn off. Some traces of scotch tape remain on the left-hand side. The squeeze presrves less than half of the text of the inscription from line 1 to line 6. The remainder of the text can be restored on the basis of the other squeezes taken from the same inscription.

Text preserved in this squeeze:1. 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 of2.Ṣirwâḥ and their sons and their clients, in order that no soldiers of the kings shall give a petition3. the council of Ṣirwâḥ and the tribe of Ṣirwâḥ and their sons and their clients, and all4.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. And5.and the tribe of Ṣirwâḥ and their magistrates and their clients, before and after6.was made during the first ten days of (the month of) Dhû-Naylim in the year of Halakʾamar binRestored full text of the inscription:1.[Thus have decreed and ordained Karibʾîl Watar bin Yithaʿʾamar, King of Sabaʾ; and the Sabaeans, (i.e.) the council of ʿآdʾîl whom he has summoned; and Khalîl, wh ich 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 clients 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 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 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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