Sample Text and Vocabulary
A notable inscription in Lydian–Aramaic, which was among the first thirty-four found in the beginning of the 20th century by American excavators, providing a limited equivalent of the Rosetta Stone and permitting a first penetration and solidifying understanding of the Lydian language.
The first line of the text was destroyed. The eight lines of the Lydian text are :
- raλ islλ bakillλ est mrud eśśk
- laqrisak qelak kudkit ist esλ wãn
- bλtarwod akad manelid kumlilid silukalid akit n
- esλ mruλ buk esλ wãnaλ buk esνaν
- laqirisaν bukit kud ist esλ wãnaλ bλtarwo
- aktin nãqis qelλk fẽnsλifid fakmλ artimuś
- ibśimsis artimuk kulumsis aaraλ biraλk
- kλidaλ kofuλk qiraλ qelλk bilλ wcbaqẽnt
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