Kalbak-Tash XXIII (A-46)

Description

This is a vertical inscription consisting of 20 signs, the length of the line is 27,7cm, the height of the characters is 1,0-2,3cm. It was discovered by V.D. Kubarev in 1987. Д. Д. Vasil’ev considers Kalbak-Tash XXIII and XXIV to be one inscription consisting of two lines. In the first line (corresponding to Kalbak-Tash XXIV), he could recognize only 4 runes, but he could not read them correctly; in the second line (corresponding to Kalbak-Tash XXIII), he saw 18 signs. The inscription  has number А-47 in his publications. In his article, D.D. Vasil’ev used a copy of V.D. Kubarev (Kubarev & Jacobson 1996: fig. 384).

Reading of D.D. Vasil’ev

Runic transliteration:

Transcription:

1) ////….:…

2) ürüng: bičidim: esizim: adirildim

Translation:

1) ….

2) ačık (aydın, beyaz bir şey) : yazdım: heyhat:ayrıldım

(light (a light, white thing) : I wrote. Oh, sorrow : I parted.)

Kutsal yazıt yapıp sizlerden ayrıldım”

(I made a sacred inscription and parted from you.)

(Vasil’ev 1995: 92)

Reading of I. L. Kyzlasov

Transliteration: ü(ö)r²ŋäb²t²d² mä(a)n¹čmad¹r²l²d²mza(ä)

Transcription: ür(ü)ŋ b(i)t(i)d(i)m (a)n(a)č(ï)m (a)d¹(ï)r²(ï)l²d²(ï)m(ï)z

Translation: (I - ) Ürüŋ wrote (this). We parted from our mother.

(Kyzlasov 2002: 132)

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

Runic transliteration:

Transliteration:

Ü r² ŋ² A b² t² d² m A n¹ č m A d¹ r² l² d² m z A

Transcription:

ür(ü)ŋ-а b(i)t(i)d(i)m-a (a)nč(a)ma (a)dr(ï)ld(ï)m(ï)z-a / (a)n(a)č(ï)m-a (a)dr(ï)ld(ï)m(ï)z-a

Translation:

I, Ürüŋ wrote (this). How we parted! / We parted from our mother!