Kalbak-Tash XIV (A-56)

Description

This inscription is situated 5 cm tot e right of the inscription  Kalbak-Tash I; it is written in very thin, almost invisible lines. It was not noticed by V.M. Nadeljaev and V. D. Kubarev. It was discovered by I. L. Kyzlasov in 1994. The inscription is situated in the lower part of plane I; it is a vertical line, its length is 24cm; the text itself consists of 16 signs, their height is 1–3cm. I. L. Kyzlasov reads this inscription in the direction which opposite tot he usual one – from top to bottom. He could not interprete this inscription and gives only a transliteration.

Reading of I. L. Kyzlasov

Transliteration:

s²(š²)kä(b²)1¹i(ï)s²(š²)k1¹r¹ü(ö)s²(š²)b²ü(ö)1²(ŋ)m

(Kyzlasov 2002: 64)

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

Runic transliteration:

Transliteration:

s² k² b²/l²/y¹ l¹ I s² k² r¹ l¹ Ü s² b² Ü l² m

Comments

1. Ü l² m in the end of this fragment could be öl(ü)m ‘death’; this reading is more likely than böl(ü)m ‘part’.

2. s² k² is repeated twice; earlier we propose a reading for similar fragments as sök- ‘pierce, tear apart’, but here we consider such reading unlikely.