GL1399_17

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• Notes: This squeeze preserves only a portion of the text of the first seven lines of the inscription. The remainder of the text can be restored on the basis of other squeezes taken from the same inscription.

Text preserved in this squeeze:1.[... ...]and ordained Yadaʿʾab Dhubyân bin Shahr, King of Qatabân, and the Qatabânian people and the cou [ ncil ]2. [... ...] and Batlân and Radmân and ʾخlmalak and Maḍḥayyum and Yaḥirr and Baklamay and Dhû- Th[... …]3.[... ...] and Bakîlânhân and all [... ... ... ...]4.[... ...] his fellow tribesman from Qatabân [... ... ... ...]5.[... ... ... ... ... ...]6.[... ... ...] decrees [... ... ...]7.[... ... ...] has been settled, [... ...]Restored full text of the inscription:1.[... ...]and ordained Yadaʿʾab Dhubyân bin Shahr, King of Qatabân, and the Qatabânian people and the cou [ ncil ]2. [ and (the tribes of) Faqḍatân ] and Batlân and Radmân and ʾخlmalak and Maḍḥayyum and Yaḥirr and Baklamay and Dhû- Th[... …]3.[... ...] and Bakîlânhân and all [ of the (other) tribes over which Yadaʿʾab rules, in unison and as a group,]4.[... ...] his fellow tribesman from Qatabân [ and these tribes, let that individual who has killed be anathematized ]5.[... ... the king judges it and ordains and examin es and declares from Tamnaʿ and]6.[... ... on the spot and an examination in absentia, which the king] decrees [and examines and declares]7.[... ... let that individual die who commits and offense against this which] has been settled, [for his life may legally be taken]8.[... ... death or examination (regarding) the life of the one who commits an offense. The witnesses]9.[... ... the month of Masaʿlât of the year of Ghawthʾîl Dhû-Gh =]10.[... ... the town of Tamnaʿ and Waʿlân and عayrum and ]11.[... ... the king … judges and decrees from the town of the tribes of ʿAmm. And whoever kills, let]12.[... ... a land in which he kills, specifically within four days, then let them mourn until]13.[... ... the examination until such time as the king declares, so shall he examine and promulgate. And Shahr has signed (this) in his own]14.[hand. And (so too) have signed in their own hands Zaydum Dhû-Ẓarib Dhû-Dharaʾân and Shahrum Dhû-Dharaʾân and Ṣabaḥkarib Dhû-Hirrân ]15.[... ... Mashkarum Dhû-Gharîbam and Dharaʾkarib bin Ḥanẓat and Gayrum Dhû-Shahr and Hawfâʿamm bin]16.[... ... Dhû-Yagirr and ʿAmmîyathaʿ Dhû-Rashîm and Laḥayʿathat Maʿâhir and Ḍabʾum bin Zikhnân and Hawfâʿathat N=]17.[... ... bin Maʿâhir and ʾAbîshibâm bin ʾAʿsâyfir and Dhaydum Gharîbân and ʿAmmîdhakhar Gulgulân and Hawtarʿathat]18.[... ... Hawfâʿamm Dhû-Haṣbaḥ and ʿAmmîdhakhar Dhû-Shirgân and ʾAbîshafaq Dhû-Harmaw and ʾAbîshafaq bin Giʾnân and Laْib ]19.[... ... and Yithâʿkarib Yiʾdhân and Nabaṭʿalî bin Hathib Rishḥum and ʿAmmîkarib bin Ṣabâḥum and Sumûyadaʿ Dhû-Guʿrân ]20.[... ...shafaq Dhû-Yâfiʿam and Maʿdʾîl Dhû-Naḍîrân and Nabaṭʿamm bin Ṭawiyyân and Yaʿgif Dhû-Yaʿgif and Dhaydum Dhû-ʿAgidh and ʿA=]21.[... ... Dhû-Hathʿar Laḥay and ʿAmmîʾamîn Khabidhân and Sumûyadaʿ Ṭan[.]zum and Yinfaʾ Dhû-Rafit and Nabaṭʿamm Dhû-Dharaḥân. ]

Text preserved in this squeeze:1.[... ... |] w-sḥr | ydʿʾb | ḏbyn | bn | šhr | mlk | qtbn | w-qtbn | mś[…]2.[… …] w-btln | w-rdmn | w-ʾlmlk | w-mḍḥym | w-yḥr | w-bklmy-w-ḏ-ṯ[... ...]3.[... ...]tn | w-bklnhn | w-kl [… … … …]4.[... ...]m | ʾḫ-s | bn | qtbn | [… … … …]5.[... ...]knm | [… … … …]6.[... ... … …] b-ysḥr-s [… …]7.[… ... ... …] | b-ykśʾ [… …]Restored full text of the inscription:1.[... ... |] w-sḥr | ydʿʾb | ḏbyn | bn | šhr | mlk | qtbn | w-qtbn | mś[wdn]2.[w-fqḍtn |] w-btln | w-rdmn | w-ʾlmlk | w-mḍḥym | w-yḥr | w-bklmy-w-ḏ-ṯ[... ...]3.[... ...]tn | w-bklnhn | w-kl | ʾšʿbm | ymlk | ydʿʾb | bn | mʾtmm | w-ʾmm |4.[... ...]m | ʾḫ-s | bn | qtbn | w-ḏtn | ʾšʿbn | w-l | yḥrm | sw | ʾnsn | hrgn |5.[... ...]knm | b-yṯfṭ-s | w-sḥr | w-sʿbr | w-ṣry | mlkn | bn | tmnʿ | w-6.[... ...]kr | brṯm | w-mʿbrm | ġyr | brṯm | b-ysḥr-s | w-sʿbr | w-ṣry | m=7.[lkn | ... ...l-y]mt | sw | ʾnsn | mstʿdwn | knm | b-ykśʾ | w-ḥlt | nfs-s8.[... ...]gs | mwt | ʾw | mʿbr | b-nfs | mstʿdwn | ʾsmʿm9.[... ... wr]ḫ-s | ḏ-mslʿt | ḫrf | ġwṯʾl ḏ-ġ=10.[... ...]f | hgrn | tmnʿ | w-wʿln | w-śyrm | w-11.[... ...ṯ]fṭ | w-ḥrg | mlkn | bn | hgr | ʾšʿb | ʿm | w-ḏm | b-yhrg | f-l |12.[... ...ʾ]rḍm | b-s | b-yhrg | nḥql | bn | ʾrbʿ | ywmytm | n-l | yntwḥ | ʿd |13.[... ...]mʿbrn | ʿd-km | b-yṣry-s | mlkn | knm | b-yʿbr | w-ḥwr | w-tʿlm-ʾy | y=14.[d | šhr | w-tʿlm-ʾ]y | ʾydw | zydm | ḏ-ẓrb | ḏ-ḏrʾn | w-šhrm | d-ḏrʾn | w-ṣbḥkrb | ḏ-hrn |15.[... ...]mškrm | ḏ-ġrbm | w-ḏrʾkrb | bn | ḥnẓt | w-gyrm | ḏ-šhr | w-hwfʿm | bn16.[... ... | ḏ-]ygr | w-ʿmyṯʿ | ḏ-ršm | w-lḥyʿṯt | mʿhr | w-ḍbʾm | bn | zḫnn | w-hwfʿṯt | n=17.[... ...] bn | mʿhr | w-ʾbšbm | bn | ʾʿsyfr | w-ḏydm | ġrbn | w-ʿmḏḫr | glgln | w-hwtrʿṯt18.[... ...]hwfʿm | ḏ-hṣbḥ | w-ʿmḏḫr | ḏ-šrgn | w-ʾbšfq | ḏ-hrmw | w-ʾbšfq | bn | gʾnn | w-lśb19.[... ... |] w-yṯʿkrb | yʾḏn | w-nbṭʿly | bn | hṯb | ršḥm | w-ʿmkrb | bn | ṣbḥm | w-smydʿ | ḏ-gʿrn20.[... ...š]fq | ḏ-yfʿm | w-mʿdʾl | ḏ-nḍrn | w-nbṭʿm | bn | ṭwyn | w-yʿgf | ḏ-yʿgf | w-ḏydm | ḏ-ʿgḏ | w-ʿ=21.[... ...] ḏ-hṯʿr | lḥy | w-ʿmʾmn | ḫbḏn | w-smydʿ | ṭn[.]zm | w-ynfʾ | ḏ-rft | w-nbṭʿm | ḏ-ḏrḥn