Bičiktu-Boom IV (A-54)

Description

It is an inscription in the vicinities of the village Bičiktu-Boom. It is known only thanks to publications of the archive of A. P. Okladnikov (Kubarev & Matočkin 1992: 10). Its location is unknown.

Publications: no

Earlier readings: no

Reading L.N.Tybykova,

I.A. Nevskaya and M. Erdal

Runic transliteration:

Transliteration: č ? b² n² . ?    l² k² . z k² g²/š¹ m/d²

Transcription: … b(ä)n . ..... (e)l(i)k . (a)z k(e)sd(im)

Translation: … I killed (llit.: cut)……wild goats (roe deers, chamois), hermelines.

Comments

1. The copy does not give us data for a reliable reading of the inscription. It seems that the inscription was partially destroyed; a number of signs are absent. Apparently, the pronoun was preceded by the name of the writer; only the sign č is preserved of that name.

2. The drawing has numerous hunting scenes, which influences our interpretation.

3. The last three signs can be read as k(e)š(i)m ‘my quiver’, however, we do not get any comprehensive text.