GL1604_01_05

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• Notes: This squeeze preserves about two-thirds of the right-hand side of the inscription from which it wastaken. The remainder of the text can be restored on the basis of other squeezes taken from the same inscription. As it is the shortest line in the inscription, the tenth and final line is the only one which is preserved in full in this squeeze.

Text preserved in this squeeze:1.Shahr Hilâl Yuhanʿim bin Yadaʿʾab, King of Qatabân, has decreed and announced from Ḥaṭa bum,2.of ʾAnbay the patron-deity, and on the authority of the protective goddess and guardian of Shahr, for his clients ʿAmmîyadaʿ and Hafî3.bar ʾAbân, and for Râʾibum of the lineage of Ḥayaw, and for ʿAliyyum and Yishraḥʿamm of the lineage of Râbiḥ4.and for their children -without any oversight or omission or detraction or cancellation--as a tie of5.t. So let the priests of ʿAmm Dhû-Labakh and their womenfolk and their sons and6.cree. And Shahr decreed for his clients, the priests of ʿAmm Dhû-Labakh and their womenfolk and their sons 7 .its inscribed versions. And Shahr directed his clients, the priests of ʿAmm Dhû-Labakh, to write out and carve these8.the temple of ʿAmm Dhû-Labakh in Dhû-Ghaylim and at the gate of عadû at Timnaʿ--(this in) the month9.And let the priests of ʿAmm Dhû-Labakh comply and (thus) receive their due according to this proclamation10.Shahr Yagill might write for them. Signed by the hand of Shahr.Restored full text of the inscription:1.Shahr Hilâl Yuhanʿim bin Yadaʿʾab, King of Qatabân, has decreed and announced from Ḥaṭa bum, [ the temple of ʿAmm Dhû-Dawânum and from Raṣafum, the temple]2.of ʾAnbay the patron-deity, and on the authority of the protective goddess and guardian of Shahr, for his clients ʿAmmîyadaʿ and Hafî [ num of the lineage of Haybar, and for Hawafîʾîl of the lineage of Hay- ]3.bar ʾAbân, and for Râʾibum of the lineage of Ḥayaw, and for ʿAliyyum and Yishraḥʿamm of the lineage of Râbiḥ, [and for their kinsmen the priests of ʿAmm Dhû-Labakh, and for their womenfolk, ]4.and for their children -without any oversight or omission or detraction or cancellation--as a tie of [friendship and affiliation and protection by ʿAmm and ʾAthîra- ]5.t. So let the priests of ʿAmm Dhû-Labakh and their womenfolk and their sons and [ their daughters adhere to this proclamation and de- ]6.cree. And Shahr decreed for his clients, the priests of ʿAmm Dhû-Labakh and their womenfolk and their sons, [ with their concurrence, in accordance with this proclamation and decree and ] 7 .its inscribed versions. And Shahr directed his clients, the priests of ʿAmm Dhû-Labakh, to write out and carve these [ inscriptions in the valley of Labakh and their chapel in ]8.the temple of ʿAmm Dhû-Labakh in Dhû-Ghaylim and at the gate of عadû at Timnaʿ--(this in) the month of [Dhû-Timnaʿ in the last year of Shahrum Dhû-Yagirr. ]9.And let the priests of ʿAmm Dhû-Labakh comply and (thus) receive their due according to this proclamation [ and decree, and in accordance with any decree which ]10.Shahr Yagill might write for them. Signed by the hand of Shahr.

Text preserved in this squeeze:1.šhr | hll | yhnʿm | bn | ydʿʾb | mlk | qtbn | ṣry | w-sfḥ | bn | ḥṭbm2.ʾnby | šymn | w-bn | tḥt | šms | w-rbʿ | šhr | ʾdm-s | ʿmydʿ | w-hf3.br | ʾbn | w-rʾbʿm | bn | ḥyw | w-ʿlym | w-yšḥrʿm | bnwy | rbḥ |4.m | w-ʾwld-sm | bn | snṣfm | w-skt | w-ʾḫḏ | w-gddm | l-ʿṣm | w5.t | n-l | ystfḥwn | ʾrby | ʿm | ḏ-lbḫ | w-tʾnṯ-sm | w-bny-sm | w-6.ytn | w-ṣry | šhr | ʾdm-s | ʾrby | ʿm | ḏ-lbḫ | w-tʾnṯ-sm | w-bny-7.ʾsṭr-s | w-ṯfṭ | šhr | ʾdm-s | ʾrby | ḏ-lbḫ | l-sṭr | w-ftḫ | ḏtn8.byt | ʿm | ḏ-lbḫ | b-ḏ-ġylm | w-b | ḫlfn | ḏ-śdw | b-tmnʿ | wrḫ-s9.n | w-l | yhlkwn | w-ṣtdq | ʾrby | ʿm | ḏ-lbḫ | ḥg-ḏt | mḥrtn10.m | šhr | ygl | w-tʿlm-ʾy | yd | šhrRestored full text of the inscription:1.šhr | hll | yhnʿm | bn | ydʿʾb | mlk | qtbn | ṣry | w-sfḥ | bn | ḥṭbm [| mḥrm | ʿm | ḏ-dwnm | w-bn | rṣfm | mḥrm |]2.ʾnby | šymn | w-bn | tḥt | šms | w-rbʿ | šhr | ʾdm-s | ʿmydʿ | w-hf[nm | bnwy | hybr | w-hwfʾl | bn-mw | hy=]3.br | ʾbn | w-rʾbʿm | bn | ḥyw | w-ʿlym | w-yšḥrʿm | bnwy | rbḥ | [w-ʾḫhy-smy | ʾrby | ʿm | ḏ-lbḫ | w-tʾnṯ-s=]4.m | w-ʾwld-sm | bn | snṣfm | w-skt | w-ʾḫḏ | w-gddm | l-ʿṣm | w[dm | w-bntm | w-šftm | l-ʿm | w-ʾṯr=]5.t | n-l | ystfḥwn | ʾrby | ʿm | ḏ-lbḫ | w-tʾnṯ-sm | w-bny-sm | w-[bnty-sm | b-ʿlw | ḏt | mḥrtn | w-ṣr=]6.ytn | w-ṣry | šhr | ʾdm-s | ʾrby | ʿm | ḏ-lbḫ | w-tʾnṯ-sm | w-bny-[sm | b-ṣdq-sm | ḥg | ḏt | mḥrtn | w-ṣrytn | w-]7.ʾsṭr-s | w-ṯfṭ | šhr | ʾdm-s | ʾrby | ḏ-lbḫ | l-sṭr | w-ftḫ | ḏtn [| ʾsṭrn | b-srn | lbḫ | w-mḥd-sm | b-]8.byt | ʿm | ḏ-lbḫ | b-ḏ-ġylm | w-b | ḫlfn | ḏ-śdw | b-tmnʿ | wrḫ-s [| ḏ-tmnʿ | ḫrf | šhrm | ḏ-ygr | ʾḫr=]9.n | w-l | yhlkwn | w-ṣtdq | ʾrby | ʿm | ḏ-lbḫ | ḥg-ḏt | mḥrtn [| w-ṣrytn | w-ḥg | ṣrytm | sṭr | l-s=]10.m | šhr | ygl | w-tʿlm-ʾy | yd | šhr