GL1000b_01

• Superior document: Squeezes
• Series: Squeezes
• Physical Description: 1 sheet
• Notes: Traces of scotch-tape can be seen on the squeeze. The letters Ḏ Ḫ L L appear on the right-hand side of the text. These represent Dhū-Khalīl, the name borne by the ruling clan of the kingdom of Sabaʾ during this period. This particular squeeze preserves only a small portion of the text of lines 2-8 on the right-hand side of the inscription. The remainder of the text can be reconstructed on the basis of the other squeezes taken from the inscription. Some traces of scotch tape remain on this squeeze.
• Audience: ITEM
• ac_no: AT-OeAW-BA-3-27-A-GL1000b_01
• Hierarchical level: Monograph

Text preserved in this squeeze:2.i ts [gra]zing lands, with full property rights; and3.the valleys descending4.and its grazing land, with full property rights.5.And he acquired all that he (i.e. Khâlîkarib Dhû-Ghirrân)6. and Qaṭînatân and Safwatum and7.Salqân and Dhû-Fadihim8.[Fa]tîrum and Qanat and Gaww.Restored full text of the inscription:1.[These towns and territories has Karibʾîl Watar bin Dhamarʿalî, ruler of Sabaʾ, walled and taken possession of for ʾخlmuquh and for Sabaʾ, when he … … … and Katilum and Yathill and Wanab and Râdiʿ and Wâqibum and ʾAwâwum and Yaʿîratum and Ḥandhifum and Naʿawt Dhât-Fadâdim and Ḥaḍarʾab and Tamisum. And he walled Talînân and Ṣanawt and Ṣ… …]2.[... and he walled Râdiʿ and Mayfaʿ in Khabîʾum. And he walled Maḥrîthum and the two alluvial plains of the two towns of Timnaʿ. And he walled Waʿilân and Mawthabatum and Kadûr. And he gave back the Children of ʿAmm to their towns because they had made an alliance with ʾخlmuquh and Karibʾîl and Sabaʾ. And he acquired from ʿAmmîwaqah Dhû-ʾAmîrim the town of Ṭayyib, with full property rights. And he gained possession of it with the irrigation network of Nagay, with full property rights; and ʾUfuqân, with full property rights; and Ḥâritân and its mountain and its valley and] its [gra]zing lands, with full property rights; and3.the valleys descending [from Maris and their grazing lands, with full property rights. And he acquired from Ḥaḍarhumû Dhû-Mafʿilim Shaʿbum and its valleys and its grazing lands from Maśrīr to ʿAtîb … … the houses facing Warikhân and Ḍaʿîf and all of that which he held in possession in Baqithât and in Danim, with full property rights. And he acquired Ṣayyâḥû, with full property rights. And he bought (the services of) Khadînân, the vassals of Ḥaḍarhumû Dhû-Mafʿilim; and Gabbârum, the vassals of Yaʿithaq Dhû-Khawlân of Yarîrât; and (in this manner)]4.[he increased his labor force of Fayshân. And he acquired from Râʾibum bin Khâlîʾamar Dhû-Wâqibim all that he had owned in Wâqibum and its alluvial plain and its valley and its mountain, with full property rights. And he acquired Yaʿîratum and its alluvial plain and its valley and its mountain and its grazing lands, with full property rights. And he acquired ʾAwâwum and its alluvial plain, with full property rights. And he acquired all that Khâlîkarib Dhû-Ghirrân had held in possession in Maḍayqat, with full property rights. And he acquired Thamûdat and its alluvial plain and its mountain] and its grazing land, with full property rights.5.And he acquired all that he (i.e. Khâlîkarib Dhû-Ghirrân) had ow[ned in Maḍayqat from the two hills of Ḥandhifum to the town of Ṭayyib, with full property rights. And he acquired all that he had owned with (respect to) the irrigation network of Nagay, with full property rights. And he acquired Zawit and … their … and their grazing lands, with full property rights. And he acquired ʾAkiryay and its alluvial plain, with full property rights. And he gained possession of Naʿawt from Shiddum and from Khabîʾum to its boundary-markers. And he built the upper portion of his palace of Salîḥum from bedrock upwards. And he built in ʾAdhana-]6.[t the water reservoir of Tafish and its canal in the direction of Yâsirân. And he built the water reservoir of Yaluṭ and its canal in the direction of ʾAbyan. And he built Ẓarîb and Milkân for Yâsirân. And he built and erected the buildings of Yâsirân and ʾAbyan within them. And he built … …. And these, the palm groves, he acquired in Yâsirân. And he increased his property (by acqiring) Dhû-Yaqahmalik and ʾAthʾabân and Madhâbân and Mafriْum and Dhû-ʾUnfân] and Qaṭînatân and Safwatum and7.Salqân and Dhû-Fadihim [and Dhû-ʾAwthânim and Dabasû and Mafriْum and Dhû-Ḥabîbim and عamirû and Mahga w um; and these (properties) which he acquired in Ṭaraq: ʿAn.yân and Ḥaḍarû and Shaْawân … …. And (by acquiring) these (properties) he increased his ownership in Yâsirân: Fâriʿatum and Tayawsum and ʾAthʾabân. And (these things he did) when he undertook a hunt for Karawum; and when he carried out the construction of Laqaẓ for ʿAthtar Dhû-Faṣad. And he built for ʿAthtar (the temple of) Waraqum. And he acquired the fields of Maḥ-]8.[miyyân from the boundary of ʿآqibân up to Dhû-ʾUnfân, with full property rights. And he acquired the entire property of Ḥaḍarhumû from Khâlîʾamar, the first-born of Dhû-Mafʿilim-all that he held in possession in the territory of Wanab, and all of the territory of Fatîrum and Qanat, and all of its (i.e. Wanab's) towns: Mafʿilum and Fatîrum and Qanat and Gaww; and its mountains and its valleys and the grazing lands of its towns, with full property rights. And he increased his labor force of Fayshân with the vassals (whose services) Ḥaḍarhumû Dhû-Mafʿilim had sold him with his towns of Mafʿilim and Fa]tîrum and Qanat and Gaww. 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