01 · Original text
Sabaic
Ancient South ArabianComplete surviving text
Normalized Unicode reading from the cited edition; editorial brackets and uncertain readings are retained.
Scholarly transliteration
Whbʾwm Yʾḏf ḏ-Gdnm w-Ḫḏwt w- Krbʿṯt ʾs¹ʿd bn S¹ʾrn w-Mḥylm | w-Mwḍʿm w-S³mkm mqtwyy ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb | w-ʾḫy-hw Yʾzl Byn mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn b— ny Frʿm Ynhb mlk S¹bʾ hqnyy ʾlmqh-bʿ— l-Ms¹kt-w-Yṯw-Brʾn ṣlmn ḏ-ḏhbn ḥmdm b-ḏt ḫmr w-hws²ʿn ʾlmqh-bʿl-Ms¹kt-w-Yṯw-B— rʾn mrʾy-hmw ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-ʾḫy-hw Yʾẓl Byn mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn b-hwfyn-hmy b-ʾ— mr w-ṣḥft wqhy ʿbdy-hmy Whbʾwm w-Krbʿ— ṯt l-ṣḥf b-Brʾn b-wrḫ ḏ-ʾbhy ḏ-ḫrf N— s²ʾkrb bn Mʿdkrb bn Ḥḏmt ṯlṯn w-wk— bw b-hyt ṣḥftn ʾmlʾ ṣdqm b-ʿm ʾ— lmqh b-Brʾn l-s³mk w-tyfʿn mrʾy-hmw ʿdy hgrn Ṣnʿw w-Rḥbtn w-b-mw ḏn ḫr — fn f-nbl w-bltn S²mr ḏ-Rydn w-ʾqwl Ḥ— myrm b-ʿbr mrʾy-hmw ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-ʾḫ— y-hw Yʾzl Byn mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn l-s¹l— mm w-ʾḫwnm w-l-ḥs²k bytnhn S¹lḥn w-R— ydn w-b-mw hwt ḫrfn f-s¹bʾy w-ḍbʾ mr— ʾy-hmw ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-ʾḫy-hw Yʾzl B— yn mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn b-ʿly ʾʿṣd Ḥb— s²t w-ḏ-S¹hrtm w-wkb-hmw b-ws¹ṭ S¹hrtn b-ʾkdn ʿrn ḏ-Wḥdt w-tʾwly mrʾy-hmw w-ḫms¹-hmy b-wfym w-ḥmdm w-mhrgtm w- s¹bym w-ġnmm w-mltm ḏ-hrḍw-hmw w-b-mw hwt ḫrfn f-s¹bʾ w-ḍbʾ mrʾ-hmw ʾl— s²rḥ Yḥḍb mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn drm ṯn— tm ʿdy S¹hrtm b-ʿly ʾʿṣd Ḥbs²t w-ḏ- S¹hrtm w-s²wʿ-hw ḫms¹-hw ḫms¹ S¹bʾ w- ḏ-bn ʾqwl w-ʾs²ʿb Ḥmyrm w-wkbw ʾ— ʿṣd-hmw b-Mqrfm((mqrfm)) b-s¹flt ʾrḍ ʿkm w-tʾwl mrʾ-hmw ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb mlk S¹— bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-ḫms¹y-hw ḫms¹ S¹bʾ w-Ḥm— yrm b-wfym w-ḥmdm w-(mhrgtm)
02 · Translation
English reading
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Whbʾwm Yʾḏf ḏ-Gdnm and Ḫḏwt and Krbʿṯt ʾs¹ʿd of the banū S¹ʾrn, Mḥylm, Mwḍʿm and S³mkm, officers of ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, sons of Frʿm Ynhb king of S¹bʾ, dedicated to ʾlmqh Master of Ms¹kt and of Yṯw of Brʾn the statue in bronze, in praise because ʾlmqh Master of Ms¹kt and of Yṯw of Brʾn granted and bestowed on their lords ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān their satisfaction in the oracle and the document that they ordered to their servants Whbʾwm and Krbʿṯt to record in Brʾn, in the month of ḏ-ʾbhy in the third year of Ns²ʾkrb son of Mʿdkrb banū Ḥḏmt, and they obtained in this document favourable oracles by ʾlmqh in Brʾn for the going up and ascending of their lords to the town of Ṣnʿw and to Rḥbtn. And in this very year S²mr ḏu-Raydān and the ʾqwl of Ḥimyar sent a mission and dispatch to their lords ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, to seek peace and fraternity and to join the two palaces Salḥīn and Raydān. And in the same year their lords ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān went on an expedition and waged war on the enemy troops (or: the camps) of the Abyssinians and of ḏ-S¹hrtm, and encountered them in the middle of S¹hrtn
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on the hillocks of the citadel of Wḥdt, and their lords and their (i.e. of the kings) armies came back in successs and glory, with spoils, prisoners, booty and loot, which satisfied them. And in the same year, their lord ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān went on an expedition and waged war for a second time up to S¹hrtm against the enemy troops (or: the camps) of the Abyssinians and of ḏ-S¹hrtm, and his army - the army of Sabaʾ, and some of the ʾqwl and the tribes of Ḥimyar - served him and encountered their troops in Mqrfm (or: and destroyed their camps), in the plain of the land of ʿkm and their lord ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān and his two armies, the army Sabaʾ and Ḥimyar, came back in success and in glory and with spoils.
DASI / CSAI, CSAI; line breaks joined and evident spelling errors corrected. Record data: CC BY 4.0.