GL1574b

• Superior document: Squeezes
• Series: Squeezes
• Physical Description: 1 sheet
• Notes: In its current state, this squeeze is for all intents and purposes illegible. It is not even certain how many lines of text it contains. The text can, however, be restored on the basis of Höfner 1973: 43-52.

Text preserved in this squeeze:[... ... ... ... ... ...]Restored text of this inscription:1.[… Saʾdum M.fakân and their son ʾA-]2.[bîkarib have dedicated to ʾخlmuquhû Lord of]3.[the Ibexes of Ṣirwâḥ a statue of bronze, as]4.[he had granted him proprietorial rights with respect to Thawabtha-]5.[wân bin Murâdum, client of the lineage of]6.[Dhû-Ḥibâb, in accordance with the legal case and the proclamation]7.[which they had initiated and proclaimed for his son]8.[ʾAbîkarib when ʿAbdʿathtar had demanded from him]9.[an obligation involving a contract. And verily ʾخlmuquh granted]10.[that he restore to ʾAbîkarib]11.[the proprietorial rights. And verily they praised the power and might of]12.[ʾخlmuquh when he restored to his servants their proprietorial rights,]13.[as he had declared to them his will through]14.[an oracle that he would vouchsafe deliverance]15.[from it, inasmuch as he cannot avoid]16.[imploring him and seeking oracles from him]17.[regarding whatever claims might be contested. And verily]18.[his lord ʾخlmuquhû promised him]19.[the deliverance of his servants from his wrath.]20.[And verily Sharaḥʿathat]21.[and ʾAbîkarib have dedicated to their master ʾخlmuquhû]22.[(this) statue for the well-being of their persons]23.[and their cattle. By ʾخlmuquhû and]24.[their tutelary deity!]

Text preserved in this squeeze:[... ... ... ... ... ...]Restored text of this inscription:1.[… | sʾdm | m.fkn | w-bn-hmw | ʾ=]2.[bkrb | hqnyw | ʾlmqhw | bʿl]3.[ʾwʿl | ṣrwḥ | ṣlmm | ḏ-ḏhbm | ḥg=]4.[n | k-ḫmr-hw | ṣdq | bn | ṯwbṯ=]5.[wn | bn | mrdm | ʿbd | bny]6.[ḏ-ḥbb | bn | ḏmr | w-tṣlʾ]7.[ḏmrw | w-tṣlʾn | bn-hw]8.[ʾbkrb | k-nfq | bn-hw | ʿbdʿṯ=]9.[tr | b-ṣnqm | b-brtm | w-rʾ | k-ḫm=]10.[r-hw | ʾlmq | hgbʾn | l-ʾbkrb]11.[ṣdq | w-rʾ | k-ḥmdw | ḫyl | w-mqm | ʾ=]12.[lmqw | k-hgb<ʾ> | l-ʾdm-hw | ṣdq-=]13.[hmw | ḥg-n | k-styfʾ | l-hmw | b-=]14.[msʾl-hw | k-hʾ | hsṭw | gḏmn]15.[bn-hw | l-qbly | ḏ-ʾl | yẓbnn]16.[ʿtl-hw | w-stmlʾn | b-ʿm-hw]17.[b-kl | ḏ-yʿtkrnn | w-rʾ | k-š=]18.[ft-hw | mrʾ-hw | ʾlmqhw]19.[gḏmn | ʾdm-hw | bn | ġlyt-h=]20.[w | w-rʾ | k-hqny | šrḥʿṯt]21.[w-ʾbkrb | mrʾ-hmw | ʾlmqhw]22.[ṣlmm | l-wfy | grybt-hmw]23.[w-bʿr-hmw | b-ʾlmqhw | w-š=]24.[ms-hmw]