GL1607_05

• Superior document: Squeezes
• Series: Squeezes
• Physical Description: 1 sheet
• Notes: This squezze preserves a portion 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. It appears that the original inscription was already in a fragmentary state at the time of discovery, with text missing on the right-hand side.
• Audience: ITEM
• ac_no: AT-OeAW-BA-3-27-A-GL1607_05
• Hierarchical level: Monograph

Text preserved in this squeeze:1.[Ya]daʿʾab Dhubyân bin Shahr, King of Qatabân, and the Qatabânian people : [.]2. a nd Radmân and ʾخlmalak and Maḍḥayyum and Yaḥirr and Baklama[.]3.and Bakîlânhân and all of the (other) tribes over which Yadaʿʾab rules, in unison4.from Qatabân and these tribes, let that [... ...] be anathematized5.[... ... ] the king judges it and ordains and examin es and declares from [.]6.[... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...]7.[... ... ... ...] individual [... ... ... ...]Restored full text of the inscription:1.[... ... and ordained Ya]daʿʾab Dhubyân bin Shahr, King of Qatabân, and the Qatabânian people : [ the council ]2. [ and (the tribes of) Faqḍatân and Batlân ] and Radmân and ʾخlmalak and Maḍḥayyum and Yaḥirr and Baklama[y 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 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 an offense against this which has been settled, for his life is forfeit]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.[.]dʿʾb | ḏbyn | bn | šhr | mlk | qtbn | w-qtbn | (m)2. | w-rdmn | w-ʾlmlk | w-mḍḥym | w-yḥr | w-bklm3.w-bklnhn | w-kl | ʾšʿbm | ymlk | ydʿʾb | bn | mʾtmm |4. | bn | qtbn | w-ḏtn | ʾšʿbn | w-l | yḥrm | sw[... ...]5. | b-yṯfṭ-s | w-sḥr | w-sʿbr | w-ṣry | mlkn | bn | t6.ṯm | w-mʿb[... ... ... ...]7.[... ... ... ...]ʾnsn [... ... ... ...]Restored full text of the inscription:1.[... ... | w-sḥr | y]dʿʾb | ḏbyn | bn | šhr | mlk | qtbn | w-qtbn | (m)[śwdn]2.[w-fqḍtn | w-btln] | w-rdmn | w-ʾlmlk | w-mḍḥym | w-yḥr | w-bklm[y-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 | t[mnʿ | w-]6.[... ...kr | br]ṯm | w-mʿb[rm | ġyr | brṯm | b-ysḥr-s | w-sʿbr | w-ṣry | m=]7.[lkn | ... ...l-ymt | sw |] ʾnsn [| mstʿdwn | knm | b-ykśʾ | w-ḥlt | nfs-s]8.[... ...gs | mwt | ʾw | mʿbr | b-nfs | mstʿdwn | ʾsmʿm]9.[... ... wrḫ-s | ḏ-mslʿt | ḫrf | ġwṯʾl ḏ-ġ=]10.[... ...f | hgrn | tmnʿ | w-wʿln | w-śyrm | w-]11.[... ...ṯfṭ | w-ḥrg | mlkn | bn | hgr | ʾšʿb | ʿm | w-ḏm | b-yhrg | f-l |]12.[... ...ʾrḍm | 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-ʾy | 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 | bn]16.[... ... | 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-hwtrʿṯt]18.[... ...hwfʿm | ḏ-hṣbḥ | w-ʿmḏḫr | ḏ-šrgn | w-ʾbšfq | ḏ-hrmw | w-ʾbšfq | bn | gʾnn | w-lśb]19.[... ... | w-yṯʿkrb | yʾḏn | w-nbṭʿly | bn | hṯb | ršḥm | w-ʿmkrb | bn | ṣbḥm | w-smydʿ | ḏ-gʿrn]20.[... ...šfq | 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]