Issyq Inscription. New Version of Reading
The new reading of the runic inscription on the silver cup from the Issyk Barrow is based on a thorough analysis of written, graphic and random strokes. Random risks are inflicted at very different times and are therefore not wiped out in equal measure. The graphics are executed twice and scratched with a sharp object. Written signs are applied at one time with a rounded edge of the knife by pressing along the arc from itself to the edge of the bowl. Angles and zigzags are often rounded. Many strokes are made in several receptions and often repeatedly. The order of the letter is from right to left. First, a line is written at the edge of the bowl, then in the middle, both in the direction to the place where the fallen handle was attached. The text takes place, not damaged by corrosion. To the left of the middle line there are several parallel test risks of different heights and not on the same line. The characters of this inscription are basically identical to the ancient Turkic writing. In content this is a memorial phrase, and its recording was made on the cup of the deceased at the burial. The text: Qïz-er, ičiŋ, oqu-sünügü čezib, / köčü aŋsaġ. The translation: ȶVirgo hero, drink, when we, having untied arrows and spears, / will commemorate the migrationȷ.