Choiti-Tamir inscriptions

The Choito-Tamir inscriptions (also called Hoyt Tamir texts or Taihar Rock writings) are inscriptions erected during Uyghur Khaganate period. According Louis Bazin, the inscriptions were erected between 753 and 756.[1] There are over 200 inscriptions in the region, written in Orkhon, Old Uyghur and Chinese alphabets. The texts were found on Taihar rock. The rock is 39 meters high and located southeast from Hoyt Tamir river in Arkhangai Province of Mongolia.[2] The inscriptions were first translated by Vasily Radlov.[3]

Complete text

erimen qut berti

at yïl... : t.ay : eki : ...a : ay :

Teŋirde : qut bolm... : qan : elinde :

....... : qan : atïγ : .... öntürti : öŋre :

.....m : atïγ..üz : ......

Teŋirken : alïp qutluγ : bilge qan

ögürig : begler bilig ün...iz

Alïpïtïm : .........qan beg q...bir

bir yeg...bir ay er...qaγan

ot...ay erim

teg...kü.....

Yünlüg qunčuy

...duš qunčuy

....

....

.... čur

... qa barïr

... qutluγ

bolzun

bičin yïl : yiti...nč : bir yegirmi

iki : gičig bačïγqa : baytaγ :

beš uy qara bašïγ : yaylatïm :

küzti : taňïn taš : sisyetim :

mun erimiŋ eli barïrmin

küŋlik bu yorïq[4]

References

1. Louis Bazin (1991), Les Calendriers Turcs Anciens et Medievaux, Lille, p. 210-221
2. "TURK BITIG". bitig.kz.
3. Wilhelm Radloff (1987), Die Inschriften am Choito-Tamir, Die Alttürrkischen InschriftenDer Mongolei, p.260-268
4. "TURK BITIG". bitig.kz.

Further reading

• Radloff, W. (1987), "Die alttürkischen inschriften der Mongolei, Osnabrück"
• Sertkaya, O.F, Harcavbay, S. (2001), "Hoyto-Tamir (Moğolistan)’dan yeni yazıtlar"