B173i = SE90

• Superior document: Squeezes
• Author: Müller, David Heinrich
• Series: Squeezes
• Physical Description: 1 sheet
• Notes: Another triangle-shapred squeeze, this preserves only a small portion of lines 3-8 of the inscription from which it is taken. The rest of the text has been restored here on the basis of the other squeezes taken from this inscription. Although Höfner (1944: 91) [bib:N4ZHS9UW] gives Šeqīr as the provenance of this inscription, the Digital Archive for the Study of Pre-Islamic Arabian Inscriptions (http://dasi.humnet.unipi.it/) gives Ḥinū az-Zurayr (ancient Harbat) as the provenance.
• Audience: ITEM
• ac_no: AT-OeAW-BA-3-27-A-B173i
• Hierarchical level: Monograph

Text preserved in this squeeze: 3. [... Da-]4.hasum5.and [the] north[ern reaches]6.and the mountain pa[ss]7.ʾAnbay, and 8.ḤawkamRestored full text of the inscription:1.[Yadaʿʾab Dhubyân ]2. [ bin Shahr, the ruler of Qatabân and all of the child-]3.ren [ of ʿAmm and ʾAwsân and Kaḥid and Da-]4.hasum [and Tubanû and Yarfaʾ, the southern reaches]5.and [the] north[ern reaches, has cut and carved out and levelled the road]6.and the mountain pa[ss of Ẓarrum at the command of ʿAmm Dhû-Shaqîr. By ʿAmm, and by]7.ʾAnbay, and [by ʿAmm Dhû-Raymatim, and by ʿAmm Dhû-Shaqîr, and by ]8.Ḥawkam, [and by Dhât-Ṣanatim, and by Dhât-Ẓahrân, and by Dhât-Raḥbân. ]9. [ʾAwsʿamm, the son of Yiṣurʿamm, of the lineage of Madihum, led and commanded all of]10.[the cutting and carving out and smoothing of the mountain pass of Ẓarrum, by the command of his lord,]11.[Yadaʿʾab.] Text preserved in this squeeze:3.(ld)4.hsm |5.w-ʾšʾm6.w-mnq7.ʾnby | w8.ḥwkm |Restored full text of the inscription:1.[ydʿʾb | ḏbyn |]2.[bn | šhr | mkrb | qtbn | w-kl | w=]3.(ld) [| ʿm | w-ʾwsn | w-kḥd | w-d=]4.hsm | [w-tbnw | w-yrfʾ | ʾymnn]5.w-ʾšʾm[n | nqz | w-wzl | w-brr | msbʾ]6.w-mnq[l | ẓrm | b-ʾmr | ʿm | ḏ-šqr | b-ʿm | w-b]7.ʾnby | w-[b | ʿm | ḏ-rymtm | w-b | ʿm | ḏ-šqr | w-b]8.ḥwkm | [w-b | ḏt | ṣntm | w-b | ḏt | ẓhrn | w-b | ḏt | rḥbn]9.[ʾwsʿm | bn | yṣrʿm | bn | mdhm | tqdm | w-ḥrg | kl]10.[ʿšq | w-wzl | w-ṣll | mnqln | ẓrm | b-tḥrg | mrʾ-s]11.[ydʿʾb]