Kalbak-Tash XVIII (A-41)

Description

The inscription is located on plane III, above the inscription Kalbak-Tash XVII; it is a vertical line, its length is 14,3cm. It consists of 8 signs, 2-3,5cm high. It was discovered by V.D. Kubarev in 1987. The upper part of the inscription is bent to the right; the last sign practically touches the leg of a deer depicted on this rock.

Reading of I. L. Kyzlasov

Transliteration: k n² č ä b² t² d² m

Transcription: k(e)nč b(i)t(i)d(i)m

Translation: I, Kench, wrote (this).

(Kyzlasov 2002: 114)

Reading of  L.N.Tybykova, I.A. Nevskaya and M. Erdal

Runic transliteration:

Transliteration: k² n² č A b² t² d² m

Transcription: k(ä)nč-a, (ä)v (e)td(i)m

/ k(ä)nč-a, b(i)t(i)d(i)m

Translation: I, Kench, built a house.

/ I, Kench, wrote (this).