GL1604b

• Superior document: Squeezes
• Series: Squeezes
• Physical Description: 1 sheet
• Notes: This squeeze preserves about half of the text of lines 1-9 on the left-hand side of the inscription. The remaining half of the text can be reconstructed on the basis of the companion squeeze, GL1604a, as well as from photographs of the inscription.
• Audience: ITEM
• ac_no: AT-OeAW-BA-3-27-A-GL1604b
• Hierarchical level: Monograph

Text preserved in this squeeze:1. and announced from Ḥaṭa bum, the temple of ʿAmm Dhû-Dawânum and from Raṣafum, the temple2.ʿAmmîyadaʿ and Hafînum of the lineage of Haybar, and for Hawafîʾîl of the lineage of Hay-3. [...]ʿamm of the lineage of Râbiḥ, and for their kinsmen the priests of ʿAmm Dhû-Labakh, and for their womenfolk,4. or cancellation--as a tie of friendship and affiliation and protection by ʿAmm and ʾAthîra-5.and their daughters adhere to this proclamation and de-6.their [ wo ] menfolk and their sons, with their concurrence, in accordance with this proclamation and decree and 7 .to write out and carve these inscriptions in the valley of Labakh and their chapel in8. [...] dû at Timnaʿ--(this in) the month of Dhû-Timnaʿ in the last year of Shahrum Dhû-Yagirr.9. [ La ] bakh comply and (thus) receive their due according to this proclamation and decree, and in accordance with any decree whichRestored full text of the inscription:1.[Shahr Hilâl Yuhanʿim bin Yadaʿʾab, King of Qatabân, has decreed ] and announced from Ḥaṭa bum, the temple of ʿAmm Dhû-Dawânum and from Raṣafum, the temple2.[of ʾAnbay the patron-deity, and on the authority of the protective goddess and guardian of Shahr, for his cli]ents ʿAmmîyadaʿ and Hafînum of the lineage of Haybar, and for Hawafîʾîl of the lineage of Hay-3. [ bar ʾAbân, and for Râʾibum of the lineage of Ḥayaw, and for ʿAliyyum and Yishraḥ]ʿamm of the lineage of Râbiḥ, and for their kinsmen the priests of ʿAmm Dhû-Labakh, and for their womenfolk,4. [ and for their children -without any oversight or omission or detraction] or cancellation--as a tie of friendship and affiliation and protection by ʿAmm and ʾAthîra-5. [ t. So let the priests of ʿAmm Dhû-Labakh and their womenfolk and their son ] s and their daughters adhere to this proclamation and de-6. [ cree. And Shahr decreed for his clients, the priests of ʿAmm Dhû-Labakh and their wo ] menfolk and their sons, with their concurrence, in accordance with this proclamation and decree and 7 . [ its inscribed versions. And Shahr directed his clients, the priests of ʿAmm Dhû-Labakh, ] to write out and carve these inscriptions in the valley of Labakh and their chapel in8. [ the temple of ʿAmm Dhû-Labakh in Dhû-Ghaylim and at the gate of عa ] dû at Timnaʿ--(this in) the month of Dhû-Timnaʿ in the last year of Shahrum Dhû-Yagirr.9. [ And let the priests of ʿAmm Dhû-La ] bakh comply and (thus) receive their due according to this proclamation and decree, and in accordance with any decree which10. [ Shahr Yagill might write for them. Signed by the hand of Shahr. ] Text preserved in this squeeze:1. | w-sfḥ | bn | ḥṭbm | mḥrm | ʿm | ḏ-dwnm | w-bn | rṣfm | mḥrm |2.m-s | ʿmydʿ | w-hfnm | bnwy | hybr | w-hwfʾl | bn-mw | hy=3.ʿm | bnwy | rbḥ | w-ʾḫhy-sm | ʾrby | ʿm | ḏ-lbḫ | w-tʾnṯ-s=4.| w-gddm | l-ʿṣm | wdm | w-bntm | w-šftm | l-ʿm | w-ʾṯr=5.y-sm | w-bnty-sm | b-ʿlw | ḏt | mḥrtn | w-ṣr=6.ʾnṯ-sm | w-bny-sm | b-ṣdq-sm | ḥg | ḏt | mḥrtn | w-ṣrytn | w-7.l-sṭr | w-ftḫ | ḏtn | ʾsṭrn | b-srn | lbḫ | w-mḥd-sm | b-8. dw | b-tmnʿ | wrḫ-s | ḏ-tmnʿ | ḫrf | šhrm | ḏ-ygr | ʾḫr=9.bḫ | ḥg-ḏt | mḥrtn | w-ṣrytn | w-ḥg | ṣrytm | sṭr | l-s=Restored full text of the inscription:1.[šhr | hll | yhnʿm | bn | ydʿʾb | mlk | qtbn | ṣry] | w-sfḥ | bn | ḥṭbm | mḥrm | ʿm | ḏ-dwnm | w-bn | rṣfm | mḥrm |2.[ʾnby | šymn | w-bn | tḥt | šms | w-rbʿ | šhr | ʾd]m-s | ʿmydʿ | w-hfnm | bnwy | hybr | w-hwfʾl | bn-mw | hy=3.[br | ʾbn | w-rʾbʿm | bn | ḥyw | w-ʿlym | w-yšrḥ]ʿm | bnwy | rbḥ | w-ʾḫhy-sm | ʾrby | ʿm | ḏ-lbḫ | w-tʾnṯ-s=4.[m | w-ʾwld-sm | bn | snṣfm | w-skt | w-ʾḫḏ] | w-gddm | l-ʿṣm | wdm | w-bntm | w-šftm | l-ʿm | w-ʾṯr=5.[t | n-l | ystfḥwn | ʾrby | ʿm | ḏ-lbḫ | w-tʾnṯ-sm | w-bn]y-sm | w-bnty-sm | b-ʿlw | ḏt | mḥrtn | w-ṣr=6.[ytn | w-ṣry | šhr | ʾdm-s | ʾrby | ʿm | ḏ-lbḫ | w-t]ʾnṯ-sm | w-bny-sm | b-ṣdq-sm | ḥg | ḏt | mḥrtn | w-ṣrytn | w-7.[ʾsṭr-s | w-ṯfṭ | šhr | ʾdm-s | ʾrby | ḏ-lbḫ |] l-sṭr | w-ftḫ | ḏtn | ʾsṭrn | b-srn | lbḫ | w-mḥd-sm | b-8.[byt | ʿm | ḏ-lbḫ | b-ḏ-ġylm | w-b | ḫlfn | ḏ-ś ] dw | b-tmnʿ | wrḫ-s | ḏ-tmnʿ | ḫrf | šhrm | ḏ-ygr | ʾḫr=9.[n | w-l | yhlkwn | w-ṣtdq | ʾrby | ʿm | ḏ-l]bḫ | ḥg-ḏt | mḥrtn | w-ṣrytn | w-ḥg | ṣrytm | sṭr | l-s=10.[m | šhr | ygl | w-tʿlm-ʾy | yd | šhr]