GL1617_03

• Superior document: Squeezes
• Series: Squeezes
• Physical Description: 1 sheet
• Notes: In its current state, the text once preserved in this squeeze is totally illegible. The content of RES 4337 B can, however, be surmised on the basis of other squeezes taken from the same inscription.

Text preserved in this squeeze:...........................................Restored full text of the inscription:1.[... ...] the king of Qatabân and the overseer2.of Shammar are not to3.falsely exceed the favors4.upon the merchandise which the Qatabânians buy5.and sell, nor (upon)6.those on whom the overseer of Shammar has imposed a tax7.on purchases or the transactions of8.the Qatabânians in the marketplace of Shammar9.(in) the coinage of Qatabân. And whoever should10.lease, among the Qatabânians11.and among the Minaeans and among the12.residents of Timnaʿ, his house or13.his estate as a place of trade is to make a14.payment to Timnaʿ and entrust the profits15.of his possessions and his means16.to the king of Qatabân. And whosoever17.surpasses his means is to entrust18.himself. And no19.merchandise shall be bought by anyone who20.enters Timnaʿ to buy21.from a foreign tribal community instead of22.from the Qatabânians and from the Suflân.23.Let the Qatabânians receive their due24.in accordance with the dictates which the kings of Qatabânians have imposed upon them as inviolable.25.And let26.the merchandise which the Qatabânians have bought27.from Shammar28.among the shops be by the authority of the overseer of Qa[tabân]29.[… …]ʾAnbay that which he has […]30.[… …] the command of the Qatabânians.31.And whosoever might increase or32.exceed the commerce of the Qatabânians

Text preserved in this squeeze:...........................................Restored full text of the inscription:1.[... ...] | mlk | qtbn | w-ʿh=2.r | šmr | ʾl | b-yʿdw=3.n | nʿmt | b-zwrtm |4.b-ʿlw | mšṭm | b-yšty=5.ṭwn | w-štʾm | qtbn | w-6.ʾwlw | hmd | ʿhr | šm=7.r | štyṭm | ʾw | qtdm=8.m | qtbn | b-mšṭ | šmr9.nkwn | qtbn | w-mn | l-10.ysʿrb | bn | qtbn11.w-bn | mʿnm | w-bn | (ḥ=)12.wr | tmnʿ | byt-s | w-13.mḫtn-s | ḫdrm | b-yʿ=14.rb | tmnʿ | w-bḏl | r=15.dn | qny-s | w-mrṯd-s16.l-mlk | qtbn | w-ḏm17.b-yʿd | mrṯdn | bḏl18.nfs-s | w-ʾl | b-yštyṭ19.kl | šyṭm | kl | ḏ-m | b-y=20.ʿrb | tmnʿ | l-štyṭ21.[b]n | ʿm | nkr | šʿbm | nb22.b-ʿm | qtbn | w-b | ʿm śf=23.ln | l-yṣtdqwn | qtb=24.n | ḥg | mḥrm | sḥrm-sm25.ʾmlk | qtbn | w-l | ykn26.šyṭm | b-yštyṭw=27.n | qtbn | bn | šmr | b=28.n | ḫdwr | b-ʿhr | q[tbn]29.[... ...]ʾnby | ḏt | sw=30.[... ... |] wqh | qtbn31.w-ḏ-m | b-ytśʿ | ʾw32.ʿdw | mšṭ | qtbn