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
l-ybrkn ʾln ḏ-l-hw s¹myn w-ʾrḍn mlkn Yws¹f ʾs¹ʾr Yṯʾr mlk kl ʾs²ʿbn w-l-ybrkn ʾqwln Lḥyʿt Yrḫm w-S¹myfʿ ʾs²wʿ w-S²rḥʾl Yqbl w-S²rḥbʾl ʾs¹ʿd bny S²rḥbʾl Ykml ʾlht Yzʾn w-Gdnm ḫ— ṣrw mrʾ-hmw mlkn Yws¹f ʾs¹ʾr Yṯʾr k-dhr qls¹n w-hrg ʾḥbs²n b-Ḍfr w-ʿly ḥrb ʾs²ʿrn w-Rkbn w-Fr— s¹n w-Mḫwn w-ʿly ḥrb w-mqrnt Ngrn w-tṣnʿ s¹s¹ltn Mdbn w-[k]-hmw ʿm-hw w-k-yḏkyn-hmw b-gys²m w-k-ḏ-hflḥ w-hfʾn mlkn b-hyt s¹bʾtn ḫms¹ mʾtm w-ṯny ʿs²r ʾʾlfm mhrgtm w-ʾḥd ʿs²r ʾʾlfm s¹bym w-ts¹ʿy w-ṯty mʾtn ʾʾlfm ʾblm w-bqrm w-ḍʾnm w-ts¹ṭrw ḏn ms¹ndn qyln S²rḥʾl Yqbl ḏ-Yzʾn k-qrn b-ʿly Ngrn b-s²ʿb ḏ-Hmdn hgrn w-ʿrbn w-nqrm bn ʾzʾnn w-ʾʿrb Kdt w-Mrdm w-Mḏḥgm w-ʾqwln ʾḫwt-hw b-ʿm mlkn qrnm [b]-bḥrn bn Ḥbs²t w-yṣnʿnn s¹s¹lt Mdbn w-k-kl ḏ-ḏkrw b-ḏn ms¹ndn mhrgtm w-ġnmm w-mqrntm f-k-s¹bʾtm ʾḥ— dh ḏ-qflw ʾbt-hmw b-ṯlṯt ʿs²r ʾwrḫm w-l-ybrkn Rḥmnn bny-hw S²rḥbʾl Ykml w-Hʿn ʾs¹ʾr bny Lḥyʿt w-Lḥyʿt Yrḫm bn S¹myfʿ w-Mrṯdʾln Ymgd bn S²rḥʾl ʾlht Yzʾn wrḫ-hw ḏ-Mḏrʾn ḏ-l-ṯlṯt w-ṯlṯy w-s¹t mʾtm w-k-b-ḫfrt s¹myn w-ʾrḍn w-ʾʾḏn ʾs¹dn ḏn ms¹ndn bn kl ḫs¹s¹m w-mḫdʿm w-Rḥmnn ʿlyn b— n kl mḫdʿm ḏn ms¹[ndn] wtf w-s¹ṭr w-qdm ʿly s¹m Rḥmnn wtf Tmmm ḏ-Ḥḍyt rb-Hd b-mḥmd
02 · Translation
English translation
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Might, the God, to whom belong the heavens and the earth, bless the king Yusuf ʾs¹ʾr Yṯʾr, the king of all the tribes, and might bless the qayls Lḥyʿt Yrḫm, S¹myfʿ ʾs²wʿ, S²rḥʾl Yqbl, S²rḥbʾl ʾs¹ʿd, the sons of S²rḥbʾl Ykml, of the clan of Yzʾn and Gdnm, the supporters of their lord, the king Yusuf ʾs¹ʾr Yṯʾr, when he burnt the church, killed the Abyssinians in Ẓafār, and moved a war against ʾs²ʿrn, Rkbn, Fr‒ s¹n, and Mḫwn, and brought the war (against) the defence of Nagrān. He reinforced the chain of Mandab, they were with him. And he sent them with an army. What the king has managed to get in this expedition as spoils, amounted to twelve thousand deaths, eleven thousand prisoners, two hundred ninety thousand camels, cows and small animals. This inscription was written by the qayl S²rḥʾl Yqbl of Yzʾn, when he was in guard against Nagrān with the tribe of Hamdān, citizens and nomads, and the assault troops of ʾzʾnn and the Arabs of Kinda, Murād, Madhḥig, while the qayls, his brothers, with the king, were mounting guard on the coast against the Abyssinians, while they were reinforcing the chain of Mandab. That is all what they mentioned in this inscription: deaths, boot, garrison service and all (what happened) in only one expedition;
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then they came back to their houses thirteen months later. Might Rḥmn bless their sons S²rḥbʾl Ykml and Hʿn ʾs¹ʾr, the sons of Lḥyʿt and Lḥyʿt Yrḫm, the son of S¹myfʿ, and Mrṯdʾln Ymgd, the son of S²rḥʾl, of the clan of Yzʾn. The month of Mḏrʾn of the six hundred thirty-three. For the protection of the heavens and the earth and of the strength of the men was this inscription against those who would harm and degrade. Might Rḥmnn, the Highest, protect it against all those who would degrade. This inscription was placed, written, executed in the name of Rḥmnn. Tmm of Ḥḍyt placed . By the Lord of Jews. By the Highly Praised.
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