GL1608_02_37

• Superior document: Squeezes
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• Notes: This squeeze preserves the text of Lines 11-21. The remainder of the text can be restored on the basis of other squeezes taken from the same inscription. It appears that the inscription was already in a fragmentary state at the time of its discovery, and lacked portions of text on the right-hand side.

Text preserved in this squeeze: 11. and decrees [....] from [.]12.[..] in which he kills, specifically within four [..]13.the examination until such time as the king declares, so shall14.hands Zaydum Dhû-Ẓarib Dhû-Dharaʾân and Shahrum Dhû-Dharaʾân and15.Mashkarum Dhû-Gharîbam and Dharaʾkarib bin Ḥanẓ[.]16. Yagirr and ʿAmmîyathaʿ Dhû-Rashîm and Laḥayʿathat [.]17.Maʿâhir and ʾAbîshibâm bin ʾAʿsâyfir and Dhaydum18.Hawfâʿamm Dhû-Haṣbaḥ and ʿAmmîdhakhar Dhû-Shirgân and ʾAbîshafaq Dhû-Harmaw and19.and Yithâʿkarib Yiʾdhân and Nabaṭʿalî bin Hathib Rishḥum and ʿAmmîkarib bin Ṣabâḥum and20.[.. ] Dhû-Yâfiʿam and Maʿdʾîl Dhû-Naḍîrân and Nabaṭʿamm bin Ṭawiy[..]21.Dhû-Hathʿar Laḥay and ʿAmmîʾamîn Khabidhân and Sumûyadaʿ Ṭan[.]zum and Yin[..]Restored full text of the inscription:1.[... ... and ordained Yadaʿʾab Dhubyân bin Shahr, King of Qatabân, and the Qatabânian people and the council ]2. [ 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 anathematized ]5.[... ... 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 and offense against this which has been settled, for his life may legally be taken]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:11.w-ḥrg [....] bn | h12.ḍm | b-s | b-yhrg | nḥql | bn | ʾrbʿ | y(w)13.mʿbrn | ʿd-km | b-yṣry-s | mlkn | knm | b-yʿ14.ʾydw | zydm | ḏ-ẓrb | ḏ-ḏrʾn | w-15.mškrm | ḏ-ġrbm | w-ḏrʾkrb | bn | ḥnẓ16.ygr | w-ʿmyṯʿ | ḏ-ršm | w-lḥyʿṯt | m17. | mʿhr | w-ʾbšbm | bn | ʾʿsyfr | w-ḏydm18.(h)wfʿm | ḏ-hṣbḥ | w-ʿmḏḫr | ḏ-šrgn | w-ʾbšfq | ḏ-hrmw | w-19. | w-yṯʿkrb | yʾḏn | w-nbṭʿly | bn | hṯb | ršḥm | w-ʿmkrb | bn | ṣbḥm | w-20.fq | ḏ-yfʿm | w-mʿdʾl | ḏ-nḍrn | w-nbṭʿm | bn | ṭwy21.ḏ-hṯʿr | lḥy | w-ʿmʾmn | ḫbḏn | w-smydʿ | ṭn[.]zm | w-ynRestored full text of the inscription:1.[... ... | w-sḥr | ydʿʾb | ḏbyn | bn | šhr |] mlk | qtbn | w-qtbn | mś [ wdn]2.[w-fqḍtn | w-btln | w-rdmn | w-ʾlmlk |] w-mḍḥym | w-yḥr | w-bkl[my-w-ḏ-... ...]3.[... ...tn | w-bklnhn | w-kl | ʾšʿbm | yml]k | ydʿʾb | bn | mʾtmm | w-ʾ[mm |]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-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 | h[gr | ʾšʿb | ʿm | w-ḏm | b-yhrg | f-l |]12.[... ...ʾr]ḍm | b-s | b-yhrg | nḥql | bn | ʾrbʿ | y(w)[mytm | n-l | yntwḥ | ʿd |]13.[... ...]mʿbrn | ʿd-km | b-yṣry-s | mlkn | knm | b-yʿ[br | 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 | ḥnẓ[t | w-gyrm | ḏ-šhr | w-hwfʿm | bn]16.[... ... | ḏ-]ygr | w-ʿmyṯʿ | ḏ-ršm | w-lḥyʿṯt | m[ʿhr | w-ḍbʾm | bn | zḫnn | w-hwfʿṯt | n=]17.[... ... bn] | mʿhr | w-ʾbšbm | bn | ʾʿsyfr | w-ḏydm [| ġrbn | w-ʿmḏḫr | glgln | w-hwtrʿṯt]18.[... ...](h)wfʿm | 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.[... ...š]fq | ḏ-yfʿm | w-mʿdʾl | ḏ-nḍrn | w-nbṭʿm | bn | ṭwy[n | w-yʿgf | ḏ-yʿgf | w-ḏydm | ḏ-ʿgḏ | w-ʿ=]21.[... ...] ḏ-hṯʿr | lḥy | w-ʿmʾmn | ḫbḏn | w-smydʿ | ṭn[.]zm | w-yn[fʾ | ḏ-rft | w-nbṭʿm | ḏ-ḏrḥn]