GL1329

• Superior document: Squeezes
• Series: Squeezes
• Physical Description: 1 sheet
• Notes: This squeeze is very poorly preserved. It preserves only lines 11 to 16 of the inscription from which it was taken. The remainder of the text can be reconstructed based on other publications of CIH 308. Some trcaes of scotch tape remain on this squeeze.
• Audience: ITEM
• ac_no: AT-OeAW-BA-3-27-A-GL1329
• Hierarchical level: Monograph

Text preserved in this squeeze:11.[Gada]rat, King of the Ethiopians, in order to12.[.]Gadarat and the army of the Ethiopians13.concerning anyone who might rise up against them and [.]14.and Gadarat, each unto the other; and with gratitude15.[…], just as their alliance was realized16.(this) dedication; and with gratitude because he had protectedRestored full text of this inscription:1.[ʿAlhân Nahfân and his son Shâʿirum ʾAwtar, King of Sabaʾ, son of Yarî-]2.[m ʾAyman, King of Sabaʾ, have dedicated to their patron-god Taʾlab Riyâmum, lord of Tu-]3.[rʿat, (these) three statues of bronze out of gratitude because Taʾlab had favored them]4.[by realizing (the accumulation of) all the gold and silver which they had collected and invested for their residence]5.[Yahgill--(an amount of) 100 srwr-measures of silver-as well as (for) all of their plantations and all of their irrigation schemes and every]6.[irrigation installations(?) and supporting walls in the irrigated fields and plantations and all of the canals and vegetable-plots in the irrigated fields]7.[and all of the canals of the irrigated land and the land prepared for irrigation(?) as far as the well, and all of the irrigation installations(?) of Qayharân which]8.[which they laid out to the north, at the town of Laqîṭ; and for the estate eight srwr-plots and all of]9.[their plantations as a whole and the accoutrements of the vegetable garden and its canals and its enclosures and its irrigation installations(?) and all]10.[the furnishings of that estate as a whole. And (they have made this dedication) out of gratitude because]11.[Gada]rat, King of the Ethiopians, had sent and dispatched a delegation to him (i.e. ʿAlhân Nahfân ) in order to form an alliance with him. And that alliance was realized between12.[them and] Gadarat and the army of the Ethiopians [and they swore an oath together as one, whether in times of war or times of peace,]13.against anyone who might rise up against them and [and that in rectitude and good faith (the palaces of) Salḥîn]14.[and Zarurân and ʿAl]hân and Gadarat, each unto the other; and with gratitude [because their alliance]15.[with the king of the Ethiopians was realized], just as their alliance [with Yadaʿʾab Ghaylân ,]16.[King of Ḥaḍramawt,] had been realized [before this] dedication. And (they have made this dedication) out of gratitude because he had protected [all of the qayls]17.[and lieutenants have sent a mission, each man unto his ally, by sea and by land, and every gift and product]18.[which they have sent, each man unto his ally. And (they have made this dedication) out of gratitude because ʿAmmîʾanas bin Śinḥân and]19.[the tribes of Khawlân have been defeated in a war which they had instigated and fomented against their lords, the kings of Sabaʾ;]20.[and because Shabat bin ʿAliyyân had sent a mission to the Raydânites (i.e. the Ḥimyarites) in order to aid them in]21.[a war against their lords, the kings of Saba. And some of the (Sabaean) tribes undertook a campaign]22.[to inflict punishment on them during that war which they had instigated. And they subjugated]23.[some of (those of) Ḥaqlân and ravaged all of its lands. And after that they] Text preserved in this squeeze:11.(rt | mlk |) ḥbštn | l-tʾḫ12.(n | gdrt) | w-mṣr | ʾḥbšn13.(mw | b-ʿl | kl | ḏ-ytšʾn | b-ʿbr-hmw) | w-k14.(hn | w-gdrt | kl | ʿbrt-hmw) | w-ḥmdw15.(štn |) ḥg-n | (stkml | ʾḫwn-h)mw16.| hqnytn | w-(ḥmdm | b-ḏt) | stwfyRestored full text of the inscription:1.[ʿlhn | nhfn | w-bny-hw | šʿrm | ʾwtr | mlk | sbʾ | bny | yr=]2.[m | ʾymn | mlk | sbʾ | hqnyw | šym-hmw | tʾlb | rymm | bʿl | t=]3.[rʿt | ṯlṯnhn | ʾṣlmn | ḏ-ḏhbn | ḥmdm | b-ḏt | hwšʿ-hmw]4.[tʾlb | b-s¹tkmln | kl | ṭyb | w-ṣrf | tnṭʿw | w-hqšbn | l-mwṯb-h=]5.[mw | yhgl | mʾt | srwrm | ṣrfm | w-kl | mhwkb-hmw | w-kl | msqy-hmw | w-kl]6.[ṣwrt | w-ʾrfd | ʿdy | ʾʿmdn | w-ʾʿrśn | w-kl | ʾnhr | w-bqlt | ʿdy | ʾʿmd=]7.[n | w-kl | ʾhdr | mstqyn | w-mštrʿn | ʿdy | ṭytn | w-kl | ṣwrtn | ḏ-qyhrn | ḏ-=]8.[tšʿww | ʿdy | šʾmt | ʿdy | hgrn | lqṭ | w-l-mkntn | ṯmnt | srwrm | w-kl | mh=]9.[wkb-hmw | krrm | w-šrʿ | qšmtn | w-ʾhdr-hw | w-ʾkfr-hw | w-ṣwrt-hw | w-kl]10.[mwsṭ | hyt | mkntn | krrm | w-ḥmdm | b-ḏt | nbl | w-bltn | b-ʿbr-hw]11.[gd](rt | mlk |) ḥbštn | l-tʾḫ[wn | b-ʿm-hw | w-stkml | hʾ | ʾḫwnn | byn-=]12.[hmw | w-by](n | gdrt) | w-mṣr | ʾḥbšn [| w-tgzmw | k-wḥd | ḍr-hmw | w-slm-h=]13.(mw | b-ʿl | kl | ḏ-ytšʾn | b-ʿbr-hmw |) w-k-[b-ṣḥm | w-ʾmnm | ytʾḫwnn | slḥn]14.[w-zrrn | w-ʿl](hn | w-gdrt | kl | ʿbrt-hmw) | w-ḥmdw [| b-ḏt | stkml | ʾḫwn-=]15.[hmw | b-ʿm | mlk | ḥb](štn |) ḥg-n | (stkml | ʾḫwn-h)mw [| b-ʿm | ydʿʾb | ġyln]16.[mlk | ḥḍrmwt | b-qdmy | ḏt] | hqnytn | w-(ḥmdm | b-ḏt) | stwfy [| kl | ʾqwl]17.[w-mqtt | nblw | ʾysm | b-ʿbr | ʾḫ-hw | b-bḥrn | w-ybsn | w-kl | tšʿt | w-zbd]18.[ysrw | ʾysm | l-ʾḫ-hw | w-ḥmdm | b-ḏt | tškrw | ʿmʾns | bn | śnḥn | w-=]19.[šʿbn | ḫwln | b-ḍr | hštʾw | w-tṭʿn | b-ʿbr | ʾmrʾ-hmw | ʾmlk | sbʾ]20.[w-b-ḏt | bltw | šbt | bn | ʿlyn | b-ʿbr | ḏ-rydn | l-hnṣrn-hmw | l-=]21.[ḍrm | b-ʿly | ʾmrʾ-hmw | ʾmlk | sbʾ | w-sbʾw | ḏ-bn | ʾšʿb=]22.[n | l-ʿḏrn | b-ʿm-hmw | b-hwt | ḍrn | ḏ-hštʾw | w-qmʿw]23.[ḏ-bn | ḥqln | w-gbḏw | kl | ḥblt-hw | w-bʿd-hw | f-tʿ=]24.[rbw | l-mrʾ-hmw | ʿlhn | mlk | sbʾ | w-hysrw | ṯny | r=]25.[bbn | ʾšms | bn | rymm | w-ḥrṯm | bn | ydm | w-l-sʿ=]26.[d-hmw | tʾlb | nʿmtm | w-mngyt | ṣdqm | w-ṯbr | w-=]27.[ḍrʿn | ḍr-hmw | w-šnʾ-hmw | b-tʾlb | rymm]