Names

Чаа-Холь V, Е 17

Location

Monuments of this group were found in a valley near the river Chaa-Hol, the left inflow of Ulug-Hem, in 25 km above the mouth of river Hemchik. This district is on the bottom of water basin Sayano-Shushenskii now. All monuments of the group, except Е 15, are in museum exhibitions.

E 17 was found in district on left coast of the river Chaa-Hol in 8 km from its mouth.

The stele is delivered to Kyzyl by researchers of Sayan-Tyva expedition (СТЭАН) and transferred in the Tyva Museum in 1973.

Specification

The stele is made of light grey slate. Split on two parts.

The inscription of 3 lines is located vertically on two sides. There is a tamga below the line 1. There are different symbols below lines 2 and 3 made using another technic, probably, tamgas. Lines 2 and 3 on narrow sides are strictly linear and differ from the 1st line.

Size

Height – 159 cm, length – 32 cm, width – 12 cm

Researches

Aspelin found in 1888 according to message from Safyanov. It was copied by Heikel ¹²¹ (I, XIV) in 1889. The subsequent editions are based on that copy. The text is studied by S.E.Malov ⁵¹³, H.N.Orkun ⁵¹², I.A.Batmanov ⁵¹¹, etc.

Reference: [121] [X]

Inscriptions de L'Orkhon recueillies par L’ Expedition Finnoise 1890 et puhliees par la Societe Finno-Ougrienne. Helsingfors. 1892.

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Reference: [513] [X]

Малов С.Е. Енисейская письменности тюрков. М.-Л.,1952. С.39-40.

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Reference: [512] [X]

Orkun H.N. Eski Turk Yazitlari, Istanbul, 1936, T-III. ss. 199-120.

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Reference: [511] [X]

Батманов И.А. Язык Енисейских памятников древнетюркской письменности. Фрунзе. 1959. С.160.

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