GL1602d

• Superior document: Squeezes
• Series: Squeezes
• Physical Description: 1 sheet
• Notes: This squeeze preserves roughly two-thirds of the left-hand side of the first nine lines of the inscription, of which only the first seven lines are still (partially) legible. The rest of the text can be reconstructed on the basis of other squeezes taken from the same inscription, as well as from photographs of the inscription.
• Audience: ITEM
• ac_no: AT-OeAW-BA-3-27-A-GL1602d
• Hierarchical level: Monograph

Text preserved in this inscription:1.King of Qatabân, has promulgated and decreed from Ḥaṭabum, the tem-2.[ Ra ]ṣafum, the temple of ʾAnbay-the patron-god-and on behalf of Shamas3.[... ...] rib of the lineage of Haybar and Waddʾîl of the lineage of Râbiḥ and their kinsmen,4. their wives, without any shortcomings or cessation or detraction or5.and protection, for (the sake of) ʿAmm and ʾAthîrat. Let, then,6.their [ wives ] hold themselves bound to this commandment. And Shahr has decreed for his vassals,7.their [ wives ] with their concurrence, in accordance with this commandment and (these) records. 8.[... ... ... ...]9.[... ... ... ...]Restored full text of the inscription:1.[Shahr Yagill bin Yadaʿʾab,] King of Qatabân, has promulgated and decreed from Ḥaṭabum, the tem-2.[ple of ʿAmm Dhû-Dawânim and from Ra ]ṣafum, the temple of ʾAnbay-the patron-god-and on behalf of Shamas3.[and the protector of Shahr for his vassals Maʿdîka ] rib of the lineage of Haybar and Waddʾîl of the lineage of Râbiḥ and their kinsmen,4.[the priests of ʿAmm Dhû-Labakh and ] their wives, without any shortcomings or cessation or detraction or5. [ termination, for the patronage-tie of friendship and affiliation ] and protection, for (the sake of) ʿAmm and ʾAthîrat. Let, then,6. [ the priests of ʿAmm Dhû-Labakh and ] their [ wives ] hold themselves bound to this commandment. And Shahr has decreed for his vassals,7. [ the priests of ʿAmm Dhû-Labakh and ] their [ wives ] with their concurrence, in accordance with this commandment and (these) records.8. [ And Shahr has directed his vassals, the priests of Labakh, to inscribe and engrave these records in the valley ]9. [ of Labakh and in their designated place in the temple of ʿAmm Dhû-Labakh in Dhû-Ghaylim. The month of Bashimum, the ]10. [ first year of ʿAmmîʿalî Dhû-Gharîbum. Now these individuals, the priests of Labakh who are in possess- ]11. [ ion of property, in particular that which (is designated) in the document of Datînat, and the products and the crops of ʿAmm. And it was signed by the hand of Shahr.]12.[And Nabaṭʿamm bin ʾخlîsamaʿ of the lineage of Haybar has directed and completed the inscriptions of this place,]13.[under the pro-]14.[tection of ʿAmm Dhû-Labakh and his priests. ] Text preserved in this squeeze:1.mlk | qtbn | ṣry | w-sfḥ | bn | ḥṭbm | mḥ=2.ṣfm | mḥrm | ʾnby | šymn | w-bn | tḥt | šms3.rb | bn | hybr | w-wdʾl | bn | rbḥ | w-ʾḫhy-=4.tʾnṯ-sm | bn | snṣfm | w-skt | w-ʾḫḏ | w-=5.w-šftm | l-ʿm | w-ʾṯrt | n-l | ystfḥwn6.sm | b-ʿlw | ḏt | mḥrtn | w-ṣry | šhr | ʾdm-s7.sm | b-ṣdq-sm | ḥg | ḏt | mḥrtn | w-ʾsṭrn8.[... ... ... ...]9.[... ... ... ...]Restored full text of the inscription:1.[šhr | ygl | bn | ydʿʾb |] mlk | qtbn | ṣry | w-sfḥ | bn | ḥṭbm | mḥ=2.[rm | ʿm | ḏ-dwnm | w-bn | r]ṣfm | mḥrm | ʾnby | šymn | w-bn | tḥt | šms3.[w-rbʿ | šhr | ʾdm-s | mʿdk]rb | bn | hybr | w-wdʾl | bn | rbḥ | w-ʾḫhy-=4.[smy | ʾrby | ʿm | ḏ-lbḫ | w-]tʾnṯ-sm | bn | snṣfm | w-skt | w-ʾḫḏ | w-=5.[gddm | l-ʿṣm | wdm | w-bntm |] w-šftm | l-ʿm | w-ʾṯrt | n-l | ystfḥwn6.[ʾrby | ʿm | ḏ-lbḫ | w-tʾnṯ]-sm | b-ʿlw | ḏt | mḥrtn | w-ṣry | šhr | ʾdm-s7.[ʾrby | ʿm | ḏ-lbḫ | w-tʾnṯ]-sm | b-ṣdq-sm | ḥg | ḏt | mḥrtn | w-ʾsṭrn8.[w-ṯfṭ | šhr | ʾdm-s | ʾrby | ḏ-lbḫ | l-sṭr | w-ftḫ | ḏtn | ʾsṭrn | b-srn]9.[lbḫ | w-b | mḥd-sm | b-byt | ʿm | ḏ-lbḫ | b-ḏ | ġylm | wrḫ-s | ḏ-bšmm | ḫr=]10.[f | ʿmʿly | ḏ-ġrbm | qdmn | w-ḏn | ʾsdn | ʾrby | ḏ-lbḫ | ʾlḏy | b-ʿlw | ml=]11.[kn | nḥql | ḏ-bn | ṣḥf | dtnt | w-šwb | w-ṯmr | ʿm | w-tʿlm-ʾy | yd | šhr]12.[w-tqdm | w-sʿšq | ʾsṭr | ḏn | brṯn]13.[nbṭʿm | bn | ʾlsmʿ | bn | hybr | ḏ-ʾ=]14.[mnt | ʿm | ḏ-lbḫ | w-ʾrby-s]