GL1407_03

• Superior document: Squeezes
• Series: Squeezes
• Physical Description: 1 sheet
• Notes: This squeeze preserves Lines 2-9 of the inscription, and then only partially. Lines 8 and 9, for example, are for all intents and purposes illegible. The rest of the text can be reconstructed on the basis of other squeezes taken from the same inscription.
• Audience: ITEM
• ac_no: AT-OeAW-BA-3-27-A-GL1407_03
• Hierarchical level: Monograph

Text preserved in this squeeze:2.and made inviolable Shahr Hilâl3.[ ..] Yadaʿ[… … … …]4.[ ...] in Tamnaʿ [... ... ... ]5.two alluvial valleys of Ḥ[... ... ...]6.and the dependents of T[... ... ...]7.[...] whoever [... ... ...]8.[… … … … …]9.[… … … … …]Restored full text of the inscription:1.[Thus have ordered and decreed]2.and made inviolable Shahr Hilâl3.[bin ] Yadaʿ[ʾab, King of Qatabân, and the Qa-]4.[tabânians ] in Tamnaʿ [and Barîm and the]5.two alluvial valleys of Ḥ[awkam and the Children of ʿAmm]6.and the dependents of T[amnaʿ and the dependents of the Children]7.[of ʿAmm, that] whoever [should sell, in Tamnaʿ]8.[and Barîm, any sort of merchandise, let him pay a tax]9. [ to Tamnaʿ and set up a shop in Shammar. And]10.[whoever travels to the Qatabânians with merchandise and ]11. [ goods and possessions, he shall have a shop and ]12. [ goods, and he shall sell his wares in Shammar with ]13. [ any of the tribes. And when he establishes a shop, ]14. [ and then sells or ]15. [ enters into a partnership with anyone possessing a stall and merchandise ]16. [ without (the permission of) the overseer of Shammar, then ]17. [ the overseer of Shammar is to take action. (It is also decreed) that the ]18. [ Qatabânians shall grant hospitality to any tribes that ]19.[sell in Tamnaʿ and set up a shop for its (i.e. Tamnaʿ's) merchandise in]20.[Shammar. And may the Qatabânians then buy from the tribes and from whoever]21.[the overseers of Shammar have taken action with respect to. (It is furthermore decreed) that]22.[whoever among the Qatabânians has favored over the Qata-]23.[bânians in his commercial dealings]24.[a certain foreigner from a tribe, or has]25.[continued to unfairly favor one individual over his fellow,]26.[let him pay 50 silver coins to]27.[the king of Qatabân and the overseer(s) of Shammar,]28.[(that they might then) drop the charges(?) and resolve the matter(?)]. Text preserved in this squeeze:2.w-sḥrm | šhr | hll [..]3.[..] ydʿ[… … … …]4.tbn | b-tmnʿ [… … …]5.ḏhbw | ḥ[… … …]6.w-ġbr | t[… … …]7.[…] k-ḏm [… … …]8.[… … … … …]9.[… … … … …]Restored full text of the inscription:1.[ḥg | ḥgr | w-sḥr]2.w-sḥrm | šhr | hll [| b=]3.[n |] ydʿ[ʾb | mlk | qtbn | w-q=]4.tbn | b-tmnʿ [| w-brm | w-ḏ-]5.ḏhbw | ḥ[wkm | w-wld | ʿm]6.w-ġbr | t[mnʿ | w-ġbr | wld]7.[ʿm |] k-ḏm [| mn | l-yšṭ | tmnʿ]8.[w-brm | šyṭm | w-l | yʿrb]9.[ʿd | tmnʿ | w-ḫdr | b-šmr | w-]10.[ʾṯrm | qtbn | b-mšṭm | w-ʾ=]11.[rmm | w-qnym | b-yḫdr | w-ʾ=]12.[rm | w-sšʾm | b-šmr | bn | kl]13.[ʾšʿbm | w-mty | yḫdr | ḫd=]14.[rm | w-ʾḏw | b-yštyṭ | ʾw | f=]15.[tḫr | b-ʿm | kl | ḏ-ḫdrm | w-mšṭ=]16.[m | blty | ʿhr | šmr | w-mty |]17.[l-ykśʾ | ʿhr | šmr | k-ḏm | b-ys=]18.[tḍf | qtbn | b-ʿm | ʾšʿbm | b-]19.[yšṭ | tmnʿ | w-ḫdr | mšṭ-s | b-]20.[šmr | w-l | yštyṭwn | qtbn]21.[bn | ʿm | ʾšʿbm | w-mn | l-ykśʾ=]22.[wn | ʿhr | šmr | k-ḏm | stzr]23.[bn | qtbn | b-mšṭm | ʿly | qt=]24.[bn | bn | nkr | šʿbm | ʾw | wz=]25.[ʾ | ʾnsm | ʿly | ʾḫ-s | b-ḫtfrm | b-ystzr=]26.[wn | l-yrṯ | ḫmsy | wrqm]27.[l-mlk | qtbn | w-ʿhr | šmr]28.[ysmẓʾwn | w-sẓyy]