YM 1200 is one of the pre-Islamic Arabian inscriptions discovered in South Arabia, now housed within the National Museum of Yemen.
This inscription is composed in the Sabaic language and dates back to the 5th century CE.
The inscription is eight lines long, and it reads:[1] Mrṯdʾln Ynʿm m↯[lk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-Ḥḍrmwt w-Ymnt w-ʾʿrb-h]mw Ṭwdm w-Th(m)↯[t bn Lḥyʿt Ynf mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-Ḥḍ]—rmwt w-Ymnt w-↯[ʾʿrb-hmw Ṭwdm w-Thmt bn S²rḥbʾl Yk]—f mlk S¹(b)↯[ʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-Ḥḍrmwt w-Ymnt w-ʾ]—ʿrb-hmw Ṭ↯[wdm w-Thmt brʾw w-hqs²bn w-]ṯwbn mk(r)↯[bn ... ...]-hw w-rḥbn kns¹t↯[... ...]kl s²yʾ-hw qs²bm ↯[... ...]An English-language transliteration, first edited and interpreted by Iwona Gajda, reads:[1] Marthad'ilan Yu'nim, King of Saba', Dhu Raydan, Hadhramaut, Yamnat, and their Arabs on Tawdum and Tihamat, the son of Lakhni'ah Yanuf the King of Saba', Dhu Raydan, Hadhramaut, Yamnat, and their Arabs on Tawdum and Tihamat, the son of Sharhabil Yakkuf, the King of Saba', Dhu Raydan, Hadhramaut, Yamnat, and their Arabs on Tawdum and Tihamat, has constructed, begun and achieved the place of worship (?
The text describes the king as ordering the construction of a synagogue as well as the reparation of a monotheistic place of worship.
[3] According to him, this inscription does show that the kings before Dhu Nuwas were tolerant of other religions in their realm.