Английская Википедия:Issyk inscription
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Multiple image The Issyk inscription is a yet undeciphered text, possibly in the Kushan script,[1] found in 1969 on a silver bowl in Issyk kurgan in Kazakhstan, dated at approximately the 4th century BC. The context of the burial gifts indicates that it may belong to Saka tribes.
Description
The Issyk inscription is not yet certainly deciphered, and is probably in a Scythian dialect, constituting one of very few autochthonous epigraphic traces of that language. János Harmatta, using the Kharoṣṭhī script, identified the language as a Khotanese Saka dialect spoken by the Kushans, tentatively translating:[2]
| Line | Transliteration | English translation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Шаблон:Transliteration | Шаблон:Lang |
| 2 | Шаблон:Transliteration | Шаблон:Lang |
Zaur Hasanov (2015) identifies the script as an ancient Turkic language, related or identical to the Orkhon-Yenisei script, and translates it as:[3]
| Line | Transliteration | English translation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | *Dört *bul Küz Sïnglïyï ïr | (Of the) Four Corners (cardinal directions) (the) tribes Syngly sing (acclaim) |
| 2 | Uş yüz yïğ anta ïçïr | Three hundred mourners oath drink (give an oath) |
It contains a poetic expression of respect for the dead, which is considered significant as the Turks followed Tengrism, in which there is a cult of the ancestors.
A subsequent alayses in 2019 by Ball et al., disagree with the arguments by Hasanov et al. 2015.[4] Orçun Ünal (2019) argues that if the Issyk inscription is not an Iranian (Khotanese Saka) language, it may be a Proto-Mongolic language with strong contact to neighbouring Iranian languages, associating them with the 'Argippaei'. Ünal cautions that this does not mean that the "Issyk people" spoke a Mongolic language, but that the artifacts may have been of "foreigen" origin and given to the Saka as form of tribute.[5]
A 2023 analyses by Bonmann et al., identified the Issyk language with a new sub-branch of the Eastern Iranian languages, particularly a language "situated in between Bactrian-, Sogdian-, Saka- and Old Steppe Iranian". They also argue "since it is not an ‘unknown script’ anymore, we suggest to call the writing system ‘(Issyk-)Kushan script’ from now on".[1]
Photos of the inscription
See also
- Nestor's Cup and Duenos inscription for other ancient inscriptions on vessels that concern the vessel itself
References
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