01 · Original text
Ethiopian Early Sabaic
Ancient South ArabianSurviving text; DASI lineation retained
Normalized Old South Arabian letters follow the DASI reading, including its line breaks and editorial brackets. See the image for the engraved letter forms.
Scholarly transliteration
Rdʾm[ mlkn ṣ]←rʿn S¹ryt m←[krb ]Dʿmt bn bn S¹lm(m) (Fṭ)→[r](n) w-(Ṣ)rʿt ʿr→[ktn] hḥds¹w [m]— qṭrtn l-Rb← bʿl ʾw←[.]ḥ ywm ml— kw Dʿmt [m]→s²rq-hy w-→(m)ʿrb-hy S¹b— ʾ-hy w-ʿbr-(h)←y ʾdm-hy[ ←w-]ṣlm-hy b-s¹— qt ʿs¹tr w-[H]→wbs¹ w-ʾlm→qy w-ḏt Ḥm— n w-ḏt Bʿdn ←w-ʾb-k Wd←m [b]n ʿ(t)km|
02 · Translation
English reading
Rdʿm, the victorious king of S¹ryt, mukarrib of Dʿmt, descendant of S¹lmm Fṭrn and of Ṣrʿt, the wife, restored two incense burners for Rb, Lord of ʾw[.]ḥ, when he became the king of Dʿmt its east and its west, its Sabaeans and its settlers, its Red and its Black. With the protection of ʿs¹tr and Hwbs¹ and ʾlmqy and ḏt-Ḥmn and ḏt-Bʿdn and may your father Wdm (save you) from any opponent (?).
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Joined across DASI display lines; editorial brackets and uncertainty marks are retained.