01 · Original text
Late Sabaic
Ancient South ArabianComplete surviving text
Normalized Unicode reading from the cited edition; editorial brackets and uncertain readings are retained.
Scholarly transliteration
Rbbm w-ʾfʿ ḏy Ms²ʿrn w-ʾs¹— dm ḏ-Ḏnmm ʾqdm w-kbwr s²ʿb ḏ-Hmdn w-mḫdr-h— mw Trym w-k-ms¹rw b-ʿrm Mrb((ʿrm Mrb)) b-ʿm s²ʿby-hmw Ḥs²dm w-Bklm w-ʾ— ʿrbn S¹fln w-Ṣdn w-ʾẓrfn ± w-ʿl-s¹m Rḥmnn mrʾ s¹my(n) w-ʾrḍ— n w-b-rdʾ mrʾ-hmw mlkn ʾbrh mlk S¹bʾ w- ḏ-Rdn w-Ḥḍrmt w-Ymnt w-ʾʿrb-hmw Ṭdm w-Thmt rmḥs³ ʿl-s¹m Rḥmnn mlkn ± w-b-rdʾ ʾmrʾ-hmw ʿbt w-Nmrn | w-Mrṯdʾl ʾlt Hmdn w-S¹ʾrn l-ḫmr-hmw ḥywm ks³ḥm w-mrḍytm l-Rḥmnn ± b-wrḫ ḏ-Mh— ltn ḏ-l-ṯmnt w-s¹ṯy w-s¹ṯ mʾt— m s¹lm w-s¹lm
02 · Translation
English reading
1–14
Rbbm and ʾfʿ those of the clan of Ms²ʿrn and ʾs¹dm of Dnmm leaders and kabirs of their tribe ḏ-Hmdn and their camp Trym, when they raised the dam of Mrb with their tribes Ḥs²dm, Bklm, the arabs of S¹fln, Ṣdn and ʾẓrfn. in the name of Rḥmnn, the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and with the help of their lord, the king Abraha, king of Sabaʾ, ḏu-Raydān, Ḥaḍramawt, Ymnt and their Arabs of Ṭwdm and of Thmt, Rmḥs³, in the name of Rḥmnn, the King; with the help of their lords ʿbt, Nmrn, Mrṯdʾl those of Hmdn and S¹ʾrn in order to He grant them a decent life and satisfactory for Rḥmnn.
15–18
In the month of Mhltn of six hundred sixty-eight. Peace, peace.
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