Mendür-Sokkon IX (A-38)

Description

The inscription was found on a rock in the location Üstügi-Karasu in ots northern part, 4–5km from the village of Mendür-Sokkon by the local person Takysova M.B. in May of 1983. It is a horizontal inscription 30 cm long; it consists of 25 signs. Today, we do not know ist exact location. The inscription was copied on 05.07.1983 by Takysova M.B.

            Although theinscription was found earlier than the inscription Mendür-Sokkon VIII, we gave it the number Mendür-Sokkon IX, following the numeration of the Svod… by V. A. Kočeev, in order not to mislead the users of both sources - of our catalogue, and the Svod…. In the concordance, this inscription hast the number A-38. The inscription is considered to be lost.

Publications: none

Previous readings: none

Reading of the authors of the catalogue

Runic transliteration:

Transliteration:           

k¹ y¹ r² U+n¹/U+U/m/d¹ š¹ : t² g² s² I k² š¹ l² g¹ s² r² t² s² : t² p+č/t² k² I/s² b¹/ n¹ z I

Transcription: 

k(a)y(u) (ä)r (a)d(a)š : t(ä)gsik (a)šl(ï)g ……../ (a)k y(a)r (a)d(a)š : t(ä)gsik (a)šl(ï)g ….

Translation:    

Which person (is) a comrade: food that should be brought …

Comments:

1. the problem with reading k(a)y(u) (ä)r is that the final U in k(a)y(u) is usually written.Alternatively, we can read tze beginning of this line as  (a)k y(a)r (a)d(a)š : t(ä)gsik …. The sequence of signs k¹ y¹ can also be understood as a person name, e.g. Akay.

2. t² g² s² I is encountered many times in the Mendür-Sokkon inscriptions. The sequence g² s² I k² is also found in the inscription Mendür-Sokkon IV.