Kalbak-Tash XVI (A-57)

Description

The inscription is situated on plane I, higher than the big inscription Kalbak-Tash I and to the right of the latter, in the so called lower group. The line is vertical, its  length is 9,3cm, the height of the signs is 2,2–3,7cm, there are 6 signs. The inscription was discovered by I. L. Kyzlasov in 1994. It is read from bottom to top.

Reading of I. L. Kyzlasov

Transliteration: b²ü(ö)t²:r²i(ï)

Transcription: büt (e)ri

Translation: Believe and purify yourself (i.e. make God forgive for your sins)!

(Kyzlasov 2002: 66)

Comments

1. (a)rï is possible here, but the text has he front consonant r². It is possible that r² is determined by I here.

2. Büt in the meaning ‘believe’ is documented in later texts, in QB and DLT (see. DTS and Clauson). The meaning of this word at the time of the creation of the inscription could be ‘become completed, perfect’.

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

Runic transliteration:

Transliteration: y²/b² Ü t²/k¹ : r² I

Transcription: büt (ä)ri

Translation: … his man

Comments

The second word yould be (ä)ri ‘someone’s person’. The first word could be read as büt/böt/ävüt, its  interpretation is unclear for us.