On W..GšNG in the 4th line of the west side of the Šine-Usu inscription
On W..GšNG in the 4th line of the west side of the Šine-Usu inscription
Author(s): Yong-Sŏng LiSubject(s): Language studies, Translation Studies
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: accusative case; An Lushan; misreading; Moyun Čor; Orkhon Turkic; Šine-Usu Inscription; Uighur inscriptions; Uighur Khaganate
Summary/Abstract: The Šine-Usu Inscription is the most voluminous one with 50 lines among the Uighur inscriptions. Although most parts of this inscription can be well understood, many words and sentences in the south and west sides are not so. These sides are now severely damaged. W..GšNG in the 4th line of the west side has been differently interpreted by researchers. The author regards xNùx±±v W..GšNG as a misreading for xNùx±±N N..GšNG, and amends it as xNùx[vL]N N[LW]GšNG an[lu]γšanïγ, suggesting that the letter groups TKGWYILKA …… N[LW]GšNGYWwKïKILms in this line should be read as taqïγu yïlqa …… an[lu]γšanïγ yoq q͜ ïlmïš “In the Fowl year (= 757), …… allegedly he (or they) eliminated Anluγšan (= An Lushan)”.
Journal: Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
- Issue Year: 72/2019
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 25-32
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English
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