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. There are over 200 inscriptions in the region, written in 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. The inscriptions were first translated by Vasily Radlov.

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

Choiti-Tamir inscriptions

References

Further reading

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

Choiti-Tamir inscriptions

History of Mongolia

Archaeological sites in Mongolia

8th-century inscriptions

Uyghur inscriptions

Choiti-Tamir inscriptions