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
S¹myfʿ ʾs²wʿ w-bny-hw S²rḥbʾl Ykml w-Mʿdkrb Yʿfr bny Lḥyʿt | Yrḫm ʾlht Klʿn w-ḏ-Yzʾn w-Gdnm w-Mṯln w-S²rqn w-Ḥbm w-Yṯʿn w-Ys²rm w-Yrs³ w-Mkrbm w-ʿqht w-Bs³ʾyn w-Ylġb w-Ġymn w-Yṣbr w-S²bḥm w-Gdwyn w-Ks³rn w-Rḫyt w-Grdn w-Qbln w-S²rgy w-bny Mlḥm w-ʾs²ʿb-hmw Wḥẓt w-ʾlhn w-S¹lfn w-Ḍyft(n) w-Rṯḥm w-Rkbn w-Mṭlf<t>— n w-S¹ʾkln w-S³krd w-kbwr w-mḥrg S¹yb(n)( ḏ)-Nṣf s¹ṭrw ḏn ms³ndn b-ʿ— rn Mwyt k-ṯwb-hw gnʾt-hw w-ḫlf-hw w-mʾglt-hw w-mnqlt-hw k-s¹tṣnʿw b-hw k-gbʾw bn ʾrḍ Ḥbs²t w-ʾs¹yw ʾḥbs²n zrf— tn b-ʾrḍ Ḥmyrm k-hrgw mlk Ḥmyrm w-ʾqwl-hw ʾḥmrn w-ʾrḥbn wrḫ-hw ḏ-Ḥltn ḏ-l-ʾrbʿy w-s¹ṯ mʾtm ḫrftm
02 · Translation
English translation
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S¹myfʿ ʾs²wʿ and his sons, S²rḥbʾl Ykml and Mʿdkrb Yʿfr, sons of Lḥyʿt Yrḫm, those of Klʿn, ḏ-Yzʾn, Gdnm, Mṯln, S²rqn, Ḥbm, Yṯʿn, Ys²rm, Yrs³, Mkrbm, ʿqht, Bs³ʾyn, Ylġb, Ġymn, Yṣbr S²bḥm, Gdwyn, Ks³rn, Rḫyt, Grdn, Qbln, S²rgy, banū Mlḥm and their tribes Wḥẓt, ʾlhn, S¹lfn, Ḍyftn, Rṯḥm, Rkbn, Mṭlft‒ n, S¹ʾkln, S³krd and the kabirs and the governors of S¹ybn ḏ-Nṣf wrote this inscription in the fortress of Mwyt, when they repaired its walls, its gate, its cisterns and its routes of entry, when they are fortified in it, when they came back from the land of Abyssinia, and the Abyssinians sent the army to the land of Ḥimyar, when they killed the king of Ḥimyar and his ʾqwl, Ḥimyarites and Raḥbanites.
10
The month of Ḥltn of the six hundred forty.
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