A NEW ANALYSIS OF KALBAK TAS I (A-23) INSCRIPTION

YILDIZ H.

ACTA ORIENTALIA ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM HUNGARICAE, cilt.72, sa.3, ss.309-323, 2019 (AHCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 72 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1556/062.2019.72.3.3
  • Dergi Adı: ACTA ORIENTALIA ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM HUNGARICAE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.309-323
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Runic inscriptions, Old Turkic inscriptions, Mountainous Altai inscriptions, Kalbak-Tas I (A-23)
  • Anadolu Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This paper focuses on Kalbak-Tas I inscription which belongs to the Mountainous Altai group. It provides an analysis of the problematic issues of the inscription that have emerged in previous studies, as well as some new reading proposals for some parts of the inscription. The transliterations of Kalbak-Tas I given by the previous researchers differ from one another regarding some sign decipherments. Our study evaluates those decipherments and eliminates the problematic identifications. It reveals the most acceptable transliteration of the inscription through a detailed analysis of the photograph of Kalbak-Tas I inscription taken and published by Tybykova et al. (2012). The author considers the sign groups , , , , , , as separate lexical units. The inscription is transcribed and translated here as yer ba(sic)gu armis atam badzagi asgin bessi(sic)a urmat(1)[i] icda yrya (...) 'The earth has been eternal. (This is) my father's ornament (inscription?). Without blowing to his ambling mare, from the court northwards (...)'.