B58

• Superior document: Squeezes
• Author: Müller, David Heinrich
• Series: Squeezes
• Physical Description: 1 sheet
• Notes: The inscription from which this squeeze was taken was already in a fragmentary state at the time of discovery. The top part of the inscription and parts of the sides have gone missing. Nevertheless, the text which survives is well preserved in this squeeze and is easy to read thanks to the marking of the text with a black pencil. Some traces of scotch tape can be seen. Although the provenance of the inscription is unknown, the invocation of the Taʾlab Riyāmum suggests that it was erected somewhere in the northern Yemeni highlands, where the cult of this god had a following.

1.[… …] the tribe of Ḥâshid in the town of […] concerning the tr[ibe]2.of Ḥimyar; and he commanded 200 fighting men and undertook raids3.in the land of Ḥimyar, and there he killed one military leader. And (they expressed gratitude to the god Taʾlab) beca[use]4.he commanded 150 fighting men against Murâd5.[in] the land of ʾAlhân and took captive two military leaders; and [be-]6.[cause] they [con]fronted an army in the region of Dalag, and he killed therein one7.[mili]tary leader; and because they did battle with the Ethiopians in the region of [..]8.[.] and he killed therein one military leader; and because he commanded a support [column]9.[.. A]rabs--110 fighting men--and they did battle wi[th]10.Barqân, and he killed therein one military leader; and because his [lo]rds11.of the lineage of Hamdân gave [him] a gift of their horses […] their […]12.then he killed two panthers and all that […] on this [stele]13.on which ʾAbîkarib Yuhaskir has documented the suppression of14.Dhû-Khaṭilam; and because Taʾlab has granted him the birth15.[of ma]ny male children. And may Ta[ʾla]b continue to grant them16.the esteem and good pleasure of their lords of the lineage of Hamdân17.[and] their [tri]be of Ḥâshid as well as good crops in18.[their fields] and their land. And may Taʾlab aid them19.against the harm and enmity of any foe. By Taʾlab Riyâ [ mu ] m, Lord20.of Raḥbân.

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