01 · Original text
Sabaic
Ancient South ArabianComplete surviving text
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Scholarly transliteration
[... ...] [w-]ʾs¹dm ʾs¹ʿd bn Hʿn (ʾẓlm) bn (ʾ)s¹ [S²]— [ʿ]rm ʾwtr mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bn ʿlhn (qdm)y ḫms¹ mlk S¹bʾ w-Ḥḍrmt b-ḫlf hgrn (Q)[n](ʾ) b-ḏt hws²ʿt-hmw S²ms¹-hmw b-kn s¹bʾ w-s²w— [ʿn] w-bn-hyt hgrn f-ys¹bʾw w-s²wʿn mrʾ-hm— [w] b-(ʾ)s²ʿ(b) Qtbn w-Rdmn w-Mḍḥy w-ʾws¹n w- ḏ-bn s²ʿb-hmw Bk(l)m bn hyt s¹bʾtn nḥflm [.]-Rydn ʿdy hgrn Qn[ʾ] l-mḫr-hmw w-ymẓʾw ʿd— [y] Ḥrmtm w-s¹bʿ w-ʾrbʿy ʾs³dqm w-ʾflk[m] mhrgm w-s¹bym w-ġnmm ḏ-hrḍw-hmw bn [mr](ʾ)-(h)mw S²ʿrm w-ḫms¹-hw w-[ʾ]d[b]tn b-ʾrḍ [Rd]ʿ ʿdy bḥrn w-yʿdw [q]mʿ Qrytnhn w-ḥ— md ʾs¹dm b-ḏt tʾwl mrʾ-hw S²ʿrm ʾwtr bn hyt s¹bʾtn b-w(fym) w-ʾḥllm w-s¹bym w- ġnmm ḏ-ʿs¹m w-ḥmdw S²ms¹-hmw bʿlt Tl— (q)m b-ḏt tʾwl Rbbm ʾḫṭr w-ʾs¹dm ʾs¹ʿd w-s²ʿb-hmy Bklm rbʿn ḏ-Rydt bn hyt s¹— bʾtn b-wfym w-mhrgm w-s¹bym ḏ-hrḍw-hm— w w-ḥmdm (b)-ḏt wkb ʾḫ-hw Rbbm ʾḫ— ṭr bn S¹ʾrn ʿ[...]-hmw w-mṣnʿ-hmw w-[...] [... ...] bn ʾgys² w-ʾṣḥb ʾḥbs²n b-k(n) [s¹]— bʾw b-ʿly Ḥḍrmt b-qdmy ḏt hqnytn w-l-s¹— ʿd-hmw S²ms¹m ḥẓy w-rḍw mrʾ-hmw S²ʿrm ʾwtr mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bn ʿlhn Nhfn mlk S¹bʾ w-l-s¹ʿd-hmw S²ms¹m ʾfql w-ʾṯmr [ṣ]— [dq]m ʿdy [ʾrḍ]-hmw w-ms²mt-hmw w-l-wz[ʾ S²]— [m]s¹m hws²ʿ-hmw b-bry ʾʾḏnm w-mqymtm w-[b] (ʾ)brṯ b-hw yhwṣt-hmw mrʾ-hmw S²ʿrm ʾw— tr w-l ḫryn-hmw S²ms¹m bn bʾs¹tm w-nkytm w-[n]— ḍ[ʿ] w-s²ṣy w-tṯʿt s²nʾm (ʾs¹d)[m ... ...] [... ...]m b-S²ms¹-hmw bʿlt T[lqm]
02 · Translation
English reading
–4
[... ...] and ʾs¹dm ʾs¹ʿd son of Hʿn ʾẓlm, from the people of S²ʿrm ʾwtr, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of ʿlhn Nhfn, were the commanders of the group of the king of Sabaʾ and of Ḥaḍramawt in the vicinity of the town of Qnʾ, because their S²ms¹ favoured them, when they campaigned in the service (of the king).
5–18
From the abovementioned town they campaigned in service of their lord and the tribes of Qatabān, Rdmn, Mḍḥy and Awsān and some troops of their own tribe Bklm from this campaign, particularly [from] Raydān to the town of Qnʾ against them, so they proceeded against Ḥrmtm, with forty-seven small and large transport vessels in killings, captives and booty enough to satisfy their lord, the king S²ʿrm, and his group and his servants in the territory of [Rdʿ] as far as the coast, and they furthermore subdued al-Qaryatan (?). So thanks are offered by ʾs¹dm, because his lord S²ʿrm ʾwtr returned from this campaign in safety with spoils, captives and booty in abundance. They also give thanks to their S²ms¹, the Lady of Tlqm, because Rbbm ʾḫṭr and ʾs¹dm ʾs¹ʿd and their tribe Bklm, portion of Rydt, returned from this campaign in good health and (because) of the booty and the prisoners (taken), which gave them satisfaction.
19–31
Also in gratitude because his brother Rbbm ʾḫṭr ibn S¹ʾrn [...] and their strongholds, and [...] [...] from the detachments and auxiliaries of the Habashites, when they had campaigned against Ḥaḍramawt previously to the present dedication; and may S²ms¹ grant them the goodwill and satisfaction of their lord S²ʿrm ʾwtr king, of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of ʿlhn Nhfn king of Sabaʾ, and may S²ms¹m grant them good crops and fruit crops in their land and their fields, and may S²ms¹m grant favour to them in the prosperity of faculties and resources, and in [all] the battles in which their lord S²ʿrm ʾwtr ordered them (to fight) and may S²ms¹m deliver them from the harm, mischief, maleficence, malice and slander of any enemy [... ...] [... ...] by their S²ms¹, Mistress of Tlqm.
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