Names

Е 4, Оттук-Даш I, Тувинская стела B

Location

Three steles, gray sandstones found near the mountain Ottuq-Dash, the left coast of river Ulug-Kem, in 30 km below the mouth of river Elegest.

Adriyanov delivered to the Minusinsk museum on a raft across Yenisei in 1915.

Specification

The stele almost square in section, the surface is roughly polished, sides are precisely angled.

The inscription is cut by relief wide grooves in one line on all length of the stele. The bottom, apparently, is broken off.

Size

Height – 85 cm, length – 18 cm

Researches

Aspelin found in 1888 following the report of Martyanov. D.Klements made a special route of Orhon expedition, searched for the stele, but couldn't find it. The copy of the stele was made by Oshurkov in 1892 and delivered to Radloff. Investigated by W.Radloff ¹²² (LXXXV, figs. 1), S.V.Kiselev ⁴⁹⁸, S.E.Malov ⁵⁰¹, H.N.Orkhun ⁵⁰⁰, etc.

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Radloff W. Atlas der Alterthümer der Mongolei. Arbeiten der Orchon Expedition. I-IV. St.Petersburg, 1892, 1893, 1896, 1899. ; Радлов В.В.Атлас древностей Монголии. Труды Орхонской экспедиции, I-IV. СПб., 1892, 1893, 1896, 1899.

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Reference: [498] [X]

Киселев С. В. Неиздаиные надписи енисейских кыргызов. - ВДИ. 1939, Ns 3

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Малов С.Е.Енисейская письменности тюрков. М.-Л., 1952. С.20.

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Reference: [500] [X]

Orkun H.N. Eski Türk yazîtlari. Istanbul, 1936. T-III. 49 s.

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