GL1399_18

• Superior document: Squeezes
• Series: Squeezes
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• Notes: This squeeze survives in mediocre condition. When first made it would have preserved the text of Lines 3-16. In its current state, however, only small portions of Lines 4-7, 10, and 12-14 can be read. The remainder of the text can, however, be restored on the basis of other suqeezes taken from the same inscription.

Text preserved in this squeeze:3.[... ... … … …]4.[... ...] and these tribes [… … … …]5.[... ...] the king examin es and declares [... ... ... ...]6.[... ...] on the spot he decrees it [...] and declares [..]7.[... ...] [... ... … ... ... …]8.[... ... … ... ... …]9.[... ... … ... ... …]10.[... ... ... ... ] عayrum [..]11.[... ... ... ... ... ... ]12.[... ... ... ... f]our days, then let [... ...]13.[... ... ...] so shall he examine and promulgate. And [...] has signed (this) in his own14.[... ... ...Ṣa]baḥkarib [... ...]15.[... ... … ... ... …]16.[... ... … ... ... …]Restored full text of the inscription:1.[... ...]and ordained Yadaʿʾab Dhubyân bin Shahr, King of Qatabân, and the Qatabânian people and the council2.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 anathematized5.[... ...] the king judges it and ordains and examin es and declares from Tamnaʿ and6.[... ...] on the spot and an examination in absentia, which the king decrees and examines and declares7.[... ...] let that individual die who commits and offense against this which has been settled, for his life may legally be taken8.[... ...] death or examination (regarding) the life of the one who commits an offense. The witnesses9.[... ... the mon]th of Masaʿlât of the year of Ghawthʾîl Dhû-Gh-10.[... ...] the town of Tamnaʿ and Waʿlân and عayrum and11.[... ...] the king […] judges and decrees from the town of the tribes of ʿAmm. And whoever kills, let12.[... ...] a land in which he kills, specifically within four days, then let them mourn until13.[... ...] the examination until such time as the king declares, so shall he examine and promulgate. And Shahr has signed (this) in his own14.hand. And (so too) have signed in their own hands Zaydum Dhû-Ẓarib Dhû-Dharaʾân and Shahrum Dhû-Dharaʾân and Ṣabaḥkarib Dhû-Hirrân15.[... ...] Mashkarum Dhû-Gharîbam and Dharaʾkarib bin Ḥanẓat and Gayrum Dhû-Shahr and Hawfâʿamm bin16.[... ... 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 Hawtarʿathat18.[... ...] Hawfâʿamm Dhû-Haṣbaḥ and ʿAmmîdhakhar Dhû-Shirgân and ʾAbîshafaq Dhû-Harmaw and ʾAbîshafaq bin Giʾnân and Laْib19.[... ...] and Yithâʿkarib Yiʾdhân and Nabaṭʿalî bin Hathib Rishḥum and ʿAmmîkarib bin Ṣabâḥum and Sumûyadaʿ Dhû-Guʿrân20.[... ...sha]faq 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:3.[... ... … … …]4.[... ... …]bn | w-ḏtn | ʾšʿbn [… … … …]5.[... ...]sʿbr | w-ṣry | mlkn [… … … …]6.[... ... … …] brṯm | b-ysḥr-s […] w-ṣry [..]7.[… ... ... …] knm [… … … …]8.[... ... … ... ... …]9.[... ... … ... ... …]10.[... ... … …] śyrm [..]11.[... ... ... ... … …]12.[... ... … …]rbʿ | ywmytm | n-l | y[… …]13.[... ...]knm | b-yʿbr | w-ḥwr | w-tʿlm-ʾy [..]14.[… … … …]bḥkrb [… …]15.[... ... … ... ... …]16.[... ... … ... ... …]Restored full text of the inscription:1.[... ... | w-sḥr | ydʿʾb | ḏbyn | bn | šhr | mlk | qtbn | w-qtbn | mśwdn]2.[w-fqḍtn | w-btln | w-rdmn | w-ʾlmlk | w-mḍḥym | w-yḥr | w-bklmy-w-ḏ-... ...]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