GL1407_04

• Superior document: Squeezes
• Series: Squeezes
• Physical Description: 1 sheet
• Notes: This squeeze preserves Lines 17-23 of the inscription, and then only partially. Line 21, for example, is 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. The squeeze was taken at an odd angle relative to the inscription.

Text preserved in this squeeze:17.the overseer of Shammar [... ...]18.Qatabânians [... ... ...]19.sell in Tamnaʿ and [... ... ...]20.[...]. And may they then buy [... ... ] 21.[… … … … … …]22.[ ... ...] Shammar that [...]23.[ ... ...] in commercial dealingsRestored full text of the inscription:1.[Thus have ordered and decreed]2.[and made inviolable Shahr Hilâl]3.[bin Yadaʿʾab, King of Qatabân, and the Qa-]4.[tabânians in Tamnaʿ and Barîm and the]5.[two alluvial valleys of Ḥawkam and the Children of ʿAmm]6.[and the dependents of Tamnaʿ 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. And10.whoever travels to the Qatabânians with merchandise and11.goods and possessions, he shall have a shop and12.goods, and he shall sell his wares in Shammar with13.any of the tribes. And when he establishes a shop,14.and then sells or15.enters into a partnership with anyone possessing a stall and merchandise16.without (the permission of) the overseer of Shammar, then17.the overseer of Shammar is to take action. (It is also decreed) that the18.Qatabânians shall grant hospitality to any tribes that19.[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:17.[…] ʿhr | šmr | k[… …]18.[.](ḍf) | qtbn | [.]ʿ[… …]19.yšṭ | tmnʿ | w-ḫ[… …]20.[.]mr | w-l | yštyṭw[… …]21.[… … … … … …]22.[… …] šmr | k-ḏm […]23.[… …]bn | b-mšṭm [… …]Restored full text of the inscription:1.[ḥg | ḥgr | w-sḥr]2.[w-sḥrm | šhr | hll | b=]3.[n | ydʿʾb | mlk | qtbn | w-q=]4.[tbn | b-tmnʿ | w-brm | w-ḏ-]5.[ḏhbw | ḥwkm | w-wld | ʿm]6.[w-ġbr | tmnʿ | 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 | kl13.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]