The Uyuk Tarlak inscription, discovered in Tannu Tuva in 1888. It contains an old Turkic funerary inscription, likely from the 7th or 8th centuries, by a ruler of the Yenisei Kyrgyz people. Translation in comments. [1090×1152]
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The Uyuk Tarlak inscription, discovered in Tannu Tuva in 1888. It contains an old Turkic funerary inscription, likely from the 7th or 8th centuries, by a ruler of the Yenisei Kyrgyz people. Translation in comments. [1090×1152]
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Text: atïm el toγan totoq ben teŋri elimke elčisi ertim altï baγ bodunqa begi ertim esiz elime qunǰuyïma oγlanïma bodunïma esiz ime altmïš yašïmda
Translation: My name is general El Toğan. I was the envoy of Heaven to my land. I was the ruler of the Six Allied Peoples. I was without equal in my land, for my wife, for my sons, for my people. I was without equal like this at sixty years of age.