Aksumite eraSayed / Murayghān 2

A commander on Abraha’s campaign

The qayl Mns¹ dhū-Dharnḥ records accompanying King Abraha on a campaign against Maʿadd.

Date
6th century CE; probably c. 552
Place
Murayghān, Saudi Arabia
Language
Late Sabaic
Script
Ancient South Arabian

01 · Original text

Late Sabaic

Ancient South ArabianComplete surviving text

𐩤𐩺𐩡𐩬 𐩣—
𐩬𐩪 𐩹-𐩹𐩧𐩬𐩢
𐩶𐩸𐩺 𐩲𐩣 𐩣—
𐩧𐩱-𐩠𐩥 𐩣𐩡𐩫
| 𐩱𐩨𐩧𐩠 |
𐩣𐩲𐩵𐩣 |

Normalized Unicode reading from the cited edition; editorial brackets and uncertain readings are retained.

Scholarly transliteration

qyln M— ns¹ ḏ-Ḏrnḥ ġzy ʿm m— rʾ-hw mlk | ʾbrh | Mʿdm |

02 · Translation

English reading

1–6

The qayl Mns¹ ḏ-Ḏrnḥ raided with his lord the king Abraha Mʿdm.

DASI / CSAI, CSAI; line breaks joined and evident spelling errors corrected. Record data: CC BY 4.0.

Sources

Editions & references

Follow the record back to the edition, catalogue, or image source used here.

  1. Sayed Murayghān 2

    Sayed Murayghān 2. DASI / Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions; full text, translation, object record, and bibliography.

  2. Aksum and South Arabia

    George Hatke, “Aksum [and South Arabia]”, Ancient Arabia: archaeology & history of pre-islamic Arabia. Source inventory and historical context.