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
(Rbs²)[ms¹](m)( )(Yzd) [bn S¹ʾrn w-Mḥyl](m) [w]-(M)[wḍʿm w]- S³mkm qyl s²ʿbn Bklm rbʿn ḏ-Rydt w-Wh(b)— [ʾw](m) Yʾḏf (bn) Gdnm w-Ḫḏwt mqtwyy ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍ[b] [w-ʾ](ḫ)y-hw Yʾzl Byn mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bny Fr[ʿm Y]— [nh]b mkl S¹bʾ hqnyy ʾlmqh-bʿl-Ms¹kt-w-Yṯw-Br[ʾn] [...] (ṣ)lmnh(n) ḏ-ḏhbn ḥmdm b-ḏt ḫmr w-hws²ʿn [mrʾy-h]mw ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-ʾḫy-hw Yʾzl Byn [mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Ryd]n b-hwfyn-hmw b-ʾmr w-ṣḥft [.... ʿbd](y)-(h)mw [R]bs²ms¹m w-Whbʾwm l-ṣḥf b- [... b-wr]ḫ ḏ-Ny[l](m) ḏ-ḫrf Tbʿkrb bn Wddʾl b— [n Ḥzf]rm s¹dṯn [w]-wkbw b-hyt ṣḥftn ʾmlʾ ṣd— [qm] b-ʿm ʾlmqh-b-Brʾyn [l-s³](m)k w-tyfʿn mrʾy-hmw [...] hgrn Ṣnʿw w-Rḥbtn w-b-mw ḏn ḫrfn f-nbl S²mr [ḏ-]Rydn w-ʾḥzb Ḥbs²t bn hgrn S³wm w-S¹hrtn tnblt— m w-tḍrʿm w-fḫrm l-s¹lmm b-ʿbr mrʾy-hmw ʾls²r— ḥ Yḥḍb w-ʾḫy-hw Yʾzl Byn mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-R— ydn b[ʿd] ḏ-s¹tṣr S²mr [ḏ-]Rydn w-Ḥmyrm ʾḥzb (Ḥ)— bs²t l-ḍrm b-ʿly ʾmlk S¹bʾ w-ḫmr mr[ʾy-hmw] ʾl[m]— qh tḍrʿn S²mr [ḏ-]Rydn w-ʾḥzb Ḥb[s²t b]-tḥt [mrʾ]— (y)-(h)mw (ʾl)s²rḥ (Yḥḍb) w-(ʾḫ)y-hw (Yʾ)z(l)( )(Byn)( mlky) [S¹bʾ] w-ḏ-Rydn w-l-wzʾ ʾlmqh-bʿl-Ms¹kt-w-Yṯw-Brʾn [...] w-s²kr w-ṯbr w-ḍr(ʿn w)-hkms¹ kl ḍr w-s²nʾ mr[ʾy-hmw] ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb (w)-(ʾ)ḫy-hw Yʾzl Byn mlky [S¹bʾ w-ḏ]- (Ryd)n w-l-s¹ʿd w-ḫmr ʾlmqh ʿbdy-hw Rb(s²)[ms¹m bn] S¹ʾrn w-Mḥylm w-Mwḍʿm w-S³mkm w-W(h)[bʾwm Yʾḏf b]— n Gdnm w-Ḫḏwt (ḥ)ẓy w-rḍw mrʾy-hmw ʾ(l)[s²rḥ] Yḥḍb w-ʾḫy-hw Yʾzl Byn mlky S¹bʾ w-(ḏ)-[Ryd]— n w-nʿmtm w-wfym w-bry ʾʾḏnm w-m(q)[ym]— tm b-ʾlmqh-bʿl-Ms¹kt-w-Yṯw-Brʾn
02 · Translation
English translation
1–6
Rbs²ms¹m Yzd, of S¹ʾrn, Mḥylm, Mwḍʿm and S³mkm, qayl of the tribe Bklm, the ḏ-Rydt branch, and Whbʾwm Yʾḏf, of Gdnm and Ḫḏwt—both officers of ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, kings of Sabaʾ and ḏū-Raydān, sons of Frʿm Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ—dedicated to ʾAlmaqah, lord of the Ms¹kt and the Yṯw of Brʾn, […] these two bronze statues in gratitude.
6–13
For he granted their lords ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, kings of Sabaʾ and ḏū-Raydān, full satisfaction in the omens and documents which they had ordered their servants Rbs²ms¹m and Whbʾwm to have prepared at Brʿn, in the month ḏ-Nylm, in the sixth eponym-year of Tbʿkrb, son of Wddʾl of Ḥzfrm. In these documents they had received favourable oracles from ʾAlmaqah who is at Brʾyn concerning their lords’ ascent and ceremonial entry into the city of Ṣnʿw and into Rḥbtn.
13–21
In that same year, S²mr ḏū-Raydān and the tribes of Abyssinia sent an embassy from the city of S³wm and S¹hrtn to humble themselves and submit, seeking peace from their lords ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, kings of Sabaʾ and ḏū-Raydān, after S²mr ḏū-Raydān and Ḥmyrm had called upon the tribes of Abyssinia to help them wage war against the kings of Sabaʾ. ʾAlmaqah granted their lords that S²mr ḏū-Raydān and the tribes of Abyssinia should submit to their lords ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, kings of Sabaʾ and ḏū-Raydān.
21–24
May ʾAlmaqah, lord of the Ms¹kt and the Yṯw of Brʾn, continue to […], defeat, break, humble and destroy every enemy and adversary of their lords ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, kings of Sabaʾ and ḏū-Raydān.
24–29
May ʾAlmaqah grant his two servants Rbs²ms¹m Yzd, of S¹ʾrn, Mḥylm, Mwḍʿm and S³mkm, and Whbʾwm Yʾḏf, of Gdnm and Ḫḏwt, the favour and goodwill of their lords ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, kings of Sabaʾ and ḏū-Raydān, together with blessings, well-being and the best dispositions and positions. With ʾAlmaqah, lord of the Ms¹kt and the Yṯw of Brʾn.
English rendering of Christian J. Robin’s French translation in DASI, CIH 314 + CIH 954; compare Calvet and Robin (1997), pp. 141–144, catalogue 69. CC BY 4.0 record data.