Aksumite eraSayed / Murayghān 2

A commander on Abraha’s campaign

The qayl Mns¹ dhū-Dharnḥ records accompanying King Abraha on a campaign against Maʿadd.

01 · Original text

Late Sabaic

Ancient South ArabianComplete surviving text

𐩤𐩺𐩡𐩬 𐩣—

𐩬𐩪 𐩹-𐩹𐩧𐩬𐩢

𐩶𐩸𐩺 𐩲𐩣 𐩣—

𐩧𐩱-𐩠𐩥 𐩣𐩡𐩫

| 𐩱𐩨𐩧𐩠 |

𐩣𐩲𐩵𐩣 |

Normalized Unicode reading from the cited edition; editorial brackets and uncertain readings are retained.

Scholarly transliteration

qyln M— ns¹ ḏ-Ḏrnḥ ġzy ʿm m— rʾ-hw mlk | ʾbrh | Mʿdm |

02 · Translation

1–6

The qayl Mns¹ ḏ-Ḏrnḥ raided with his lord the king Abraha Mʿdm.

DASI / CSAI, CSAI; line breaks joined and evident spelling errors corrected. Record data: CC BY 4.0.

Sources

Edition, catalogue, and image records used for this entry.

Sayed Murayghān 2
Sayed Murayghān 2. DASI / Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions; full text, translation, object record, and bibliography.
Aksum and South Arabia
George Hatke, “Aksum [and South Arabia]”, Ancient Arabia: archaeology & history of pre-islamic Arabia. Source inventory and historical context.