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
Yṣbḥ ʾs²wʿ w-ʾḫy-hw ʿrbm bnw ḏ-ʿblm w-Hʿ(ll)( )[hqn]— [y]y ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ṣlmnhn ḏy ḏhbn ḏ-s²ft-hw | [ḥmdm b]-ḏ-ḫmr ʿbdy-hw Yṣbḥ ʾs²wʿ w-ʾḫy-hw ʿrbm bny ʿb(l)— [m w-Hʿll] b-tʾwln ʾb-hmy Hwfʿṯt ʾṣḥḥ ḏ-Ġymn b-wfym bn [hgrn S³w]m w-S¹hrtn b-kn nbl-hw mrʾy-hmw ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-(ʾ)[ḫ]— [y-hw Yʾ]zl Byn mlky (S¹b)ʾ w-ḏ-Rydn b-ʿb[r ](ʾ)ḥb(s²)n w-hṣnʿw ʾb- (hm)y Hwfʿṯt ḏ-Ġymn ʾḥbs²n b-hgrn S³wm brqm w-ṯny ḫrfn w-(k)— [y]dw ʾḥbs²n hgzn grb ʾb-hmy Hwfʿṯt ḏ-Ġymn w-ḥmdy Yṣb— [ḥ] w-ʿrbm ḫyl w-mqm ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm b-ḏt tʾwl ʾb-hmy [H]— [w]fʿṯt ʾṣḥḥ ḏ-Ġymn b-wfym bn hyt s¹bʾtn w-bn ʿs¹m ḥl(ẓ) [w-] [m]rḍ mrḍ ʾb-hmy b-hyt hgrn S³wm w-ḥmdm b-ḏ-ḫmr ʾlmqh-Ṯh[wn] [bʿ]l-ʾwm mrʾy-hmw ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-ʾḫy-hw Yʾzl Byn mlky [S¹]— [b]ʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bny Frʿm Ynhb mlk S¹bʾ b-wḍʿ kl ʾḍrr yfʿ-hm[w] b-ʿltm w-s¹fylt bḥrm w-ybs¹m w-b-ḏt s²kr ʾs¹n Grmt wld n[g]— s²yn mlk ʾks¹mn b-kn ʿdw b-ḍrm w-ts²kr hʾ ʾs¹n Grmt w-[ʾḥ]— (z)b Ḥbs²t w-l-wzʾ ʾlmqh-bʿl-ʾwm hws²ʿn mrʾy-h<m>w ʾls²rḥ Y[ḥḍ]— (b) w-ʾḫy-hw Yʾzl Byn mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn b-wḍʿ kl ḍr w-s²nʾ mr[ʾy]- hmw w-l-wzʾ ʾlmqh hwfyn ʿbdy-hw Yṣbḥ ʾs²wʿ w-ʾḫy-hw ʿrbm[ bny] [ʿ]blm w-Hʿll b-kl ʾmlʾ ys¹tmlʾnn b-ʿm-hw w-l-ḫmr-hmw ʾlm(qh)-[Ṯh]— [wn-b](ʿl)-(ʾ)[w](m) (ḥẓy w)-(rḍw mrʾy)-(hmw )(ʾls²rḥ)( )(Yḥḍb)( )w-ʾḫy-hw Yʾzl [B]— [yn mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn ... ...]
02 · Translation
English translation
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Yṣbḥ ʾs²wʿ and his brother ʿrbm, descendants of ḏ-ʿblm and Hʿll, dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, these two bronze statues, which they promised to Him in praise because He granted His two servants Yṣbḥ ʾs²wʿ and his brother ʿrbm, of the family ʿblm and Hʿll the return in safety of the father of both of them, Hwfʿṯt ʾṣḥḥ of Ġymn, from the city of S³wm and (from) S¹hrtn, when their two lords ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn the two kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān had sent him on a mission to the Habashites; but the Habashites did shut up the father of them both Hwfʿṯt of Ġymn in the city of S³wm for one season and two years, and when the Habashites almost did put an end to the life of the father of them both Hwfʿṯt of Ġymn. Yṣbḥ and ʿrbm praised the power and the authority of ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, because the father of them both Hwfʿṯt ʾṣḥḥ of Ġymn returned in safety from that expedition, and from the frequent sicknesses and and diseases from which he suffered in that town of S³wm, and in praise because ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, granted their two lords ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, the two kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, sons of Frʿm Ynhb king of Sabaʾ, to humiliate all the enemies who rose up against them in the highlands and in the lowlands of the sea and of the land; and because was defeated the adversary Grmt, son of the
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Negus, the king of the ʾAksumites, when he went to war; and were defeated this adversary Grmt and the armed bands of the Ḥabashat. And may continue ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, to grant their two lords ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, the two kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, to humiliate every foe and enemy of their two lords, and may continue ʾlmqh to gratify His two servants Yṣbḥ ʾs²wʿ and his brother ʿrbm, descendants of ʿblm and Hʿll, with all the help they will seek from Him, and may grant them ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, the goodwill and the satisfaction of their two lords ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, the two kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān [... ...]
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