01 · Original text
Ethiopian Early Sabaic
Ancient South ArabianSurviving text; DASI lineation retained
Normalized Old South Arabian letters follow the DASI reading, including its line breaks and editorial brackets. See the image for the engraved letter forms.
Scholarly transliteration
Wʿrn Ḥywt mlkn ṣrʿn bn bn S¹lmm Fṭrn w-S¹mʿtm ʿrk— tn bnt Ṣbḥn hḥds¹w byt Hbs¹ bʿl ʿḏt ywm hmlk- hmw ʿs¹tr w-Hbs¹ w-ʾlmqh| w-ḏt-Ḥmym w-ḏt-Bʿdn w-ʾ— b-k Wdm
02 · Translation
English translation
Wʿrn Ḥywt, the victorious king, descendant of S¹lmm Fṭrn and of S¹mʿtm, the wife, daughter of Ṣbḥn, restored the temple of Hbs¹, Lord of ʿḏt, when ʿs¹tr, Hbs¹, ʾlmqh, ḏt-Ḥmym, ḏt-Bʿdn and your father Wdm made him king.
DASI CSAI English translation, lightly joined across lines; data CC BY 4.0
Joined across DASI display lines; editorial brackets and uncertainty marks are retained.