Kalbak-Tash XXIV (A-47)

Description

This is a short vertical inscription consisting of 9 thin signs; its length is 8,7cm, the height of the characters is 1-2cm. It was discovered by V.D : Kubarev in 1987. It was discovered by I. L. Kyzlasov anew in 1994; he studied it also in 2001.

Reading of I. L. Kyzlasov

Transliteration: s²(š²)čgn¹ :z(?)j²s²(š²)uq(oq)

Transcription: s²(e)čg(ä)n¹ : azuq

Translation: (I am) lost, looking (for the true way), (I wrote this).

(Kyzlasov 2004: 134)

I. L. Kyzlasov notes that there is constant switch between front and back consonants in this inscription. “..... An additional difficulty is that the sixth rune has a special, probably, a cursive form; its sound meaning can only be guessed. The only landmark that can be used for dividing the line into words is a very clearly written word divider in the form of a colon». (Kyzlasov 2002: 133–134; 2004: 133–137)

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

Runic transliteration:

Transliteration:

s² č g² n¹/^Ut(?) : z t²/y² s^{2 U}k/s²/A

Transcription: s(ü)č(i)g ot : (a)z ….

Translation: sweet grass / little (?)

Примечание

On the place of this inscription, there was apparently an older inscription.