Altyn Tamgan Tarhan inscription or Ihe Ashete inscription is an inscription on a stele erected by Bilge Ishbara Tamgan Tarkhan, the son of Ashina Duoxifu.[1] It was discovered 53 km north-west to the Orkhon inscriptions.[2] According to András Róna-Tas it was erected in 724.[2]
Discovery and translation
It was discovered by Russian scientist N. P. Levin in 1891.[3]
Region
The inscription was found in northeast of Tulee mountain, Bulgan Province, Mongolia.
Complete text
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Old Turkic original:[4]
- Tekeš Kül Tudun inisi
- jükünür kün bedizdim
- Azγanaz er aγïr bedismis
- Kül Tudun inisi Altun Tamγan Tarqan yoγï umadï(-q?)
- üčün adïrïltïmïz alqalïlma ülüg uyarlïγ
- ermis qalïma eki
- bardïŋïz esiz
- oγullarï Turïγul Yelgek laγzïn jïl
- adïrïlïmïsča saqunur ertimiz adïrïlïn
- öze Teŋiri eriklig mis аqanmïs
- ... adïrïlïmïs ülügime ... bertim
- ...er...
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English translation:
- (I am) younger brother of Tekes Kul Tudun.
- I made (this funeral plate) on the worshiping day.
- Azγanaz prepared it with honor.
- We were waiting for funeral ceremony of Altyn Tamgan Tarhan, the younger brother of Kul Tudun,
- whom we had lost. On behalf of his relatives, we built
- ...
- you went away. (Your) left ownerless
- sons Turïγul Yelgek in the year of Boar
- parted from you and missed (for you). You left (us).
- Tengri on the sky ...
- ... lost. (For my) funeral ... I gave away…
- ... man ...
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References
- ^ Sertkaya, (1995), p. 319
- ^ a b Orçun Ünal, (2015), İhe Ashete Yazıtı: Yeni Bir Okuma ve Anlamlandırma Denemesi, p. 271 (in Turkish)
- ^ Ôsawa, 2010, p. 72
- ^ "Memorial Complex Altyn Tamgan Tarhan". Language Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information of RK.
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