Tuesday, September 28, 2010

The Ring from Ezero

The Ring from Ezero (Bulgaria) bears a Thracian inscription written in the V-th century BCE in Greek characters which runs left to right in unseparated words. Its content has been a mystery up till now, so I hope that this decipherment may be a real help for the linguists and Thracology.
Here is its inscription
                                                                                  
ΡΟΛΙΣΤΕΝΕΑΣΝ  
ΕΡΕΝΕΑΤΙΛ
ΤΕΑΝΗΣΚΟΑ
ΡΑΖΕΑΔΟΜ
ΕΑΝΤΙΛΕΖΥ
ΠΤΑΜΙΗΕ
ΡΑΖ
ΗΛΤΑ 
                     
Transliterated in Latin alphabet:

rolisteneasn
ereneatil
teanēskoa
razeadom
eantilezu
ptamiēe
raz
ēlta

By the Albanian point of view, we can give shape to the words of this inscription, getting out these Albanian alike words:

Roli ste ne asneren e atil.
Te anes koa.
Ra Zea dom (or: Razea dom).
Ean tilez upt, a mie e razelta!

Translated in English:

The role stays in no one like this.
Of the margine these (these are secondary).
The Ra God we love [or: Ray (light) we love]
Even if this one lose, the sparkle would be mine (is mine; belongs to me)!

Of course, the sparkle belongs to the ancient Thracian who has written this marvelous inscription.  

Translated in Gegean Albanian:
Roli çendron ne asneren e atill
Te anes kto
Zotin Ra dom (dum)
E n’e tilla upt (hupt), e imia esht (asht) rrazəllitia!

Translated in standard Albanian:
Roli qëndron në asnjerën e atillë
Të anës këto
Zotin Ra duam [Rreze (dritë) duam]
E në e tilla humbt, e imja është rrëzëllitja

1- Roli  ste  ne asneren  e  atil.
Roli tʃəndron ne asneren e atill.
The role stays in none like this.

2- Te  anes  koa.
Te anes kto.
Of the margine these (these are secondary).

3- Ra Zea dom (or: Razea  dom)
Zotin Ra dom (or: Reze dom)
The Ra God we love [or: Ray (light) we love]

4- Ean  tilez  upt,  a  mie  e  razelta.
E ne tilla upt, e imia esht razəllitia   
Even if this one lose, the sparkle would be mine (is mine; belongs to me).  

And now let’s analyse all the words of this text 

Roli        = the role. This word survives in Albanian roli = the role. It survives in almost all European languages too.
Ste          = stays (stands). This word does not survive in Albanian. It survives in almost all European languages.
Ne           = in, on. Survives in Albanian ne/nə = in, on.
Asnera    = the no one. Ne asneren = in no one. Survives in Gheg Albanian asnera = the no one; ne asneren = in no one. In standard Albanian: asnjera = the no one; nə asnjerən = in no one.
E              = Survives in Albanian (article used before feminine nouns and         adjectives, etc).
Atil          = Such (like sb/sth). Survives in Albanian atill = such (like sb/sth).
Te            = of. Survives in Albanian te/tə = of (article used before: both singular and plural   nouns; nouns of the genetive case; articled adjectives; adjective nouns etc).
Ane          =  margine, side. Survives in Albanian ane/anə = side; margine. Te anes = of the margine,   secondary (plural). In Albanian: Te/tə anes/anəs = of the margine; secondary. [i anes = of the margine (singl)].
Ko           = this. (fem.). Survives in Albanian kio (kjo) = this (fem);  Koa = these (fem.). In nowadays Albanian: kəto = these (fem). It is understandable that koa is in plural because its antecedent te anes is in plural too.
Ra           = The ancient Egiptian god of the sun.                                                         
Zea          = god. In ancient Greek: Zeus = God. In Etruscan: Zea = God.  See   
 http://etruscantranslation.blogspot.com  “Ešt ac Velθina; aci lun e tu ru ne šcu ne Zea = There is Velthina, there he mooves and guarding us, goes to the God”). In nowadays Albanian: Zot = God. Here are some words for God (Greek & Latin)Zea (zeus), dzea (dzeus), dea (deus), dia (dius), dio (dios).  
Razea      ray, beam. Survives in Albanian reze (ra+zea) = ray. Remember the Latin radio ra + dio (ra+god). Even the English light and right[Albanian drit and dreit (ital: diritto)] descend from RaEtrucans called themselfs Rasea (Ra+Zea). Both Rasea (or Rasean, Rasnea) and Raetia contain Ra.  
Dom        = love, want (first pers. plur.). Survives in Albanian dom/dum/duam = love, want (first person, plural).
Ean            = if. In Greek: εάν = if.  
Tilez         = the such a one (n). Survives in the Albanian adjective noun: e tilla = the such a one.   
Up            =   lose. Survives in Geg Albanian up/hup = lose, in standard Albanian: humb = lose. The verb upt (third. pers. singl.) is the optative mood of up and survives in nowadays Albanian: upt/hupt/humbtə.
A mie       = mine (femin, singul.). Survives in Italian: a miaIn Albanian:e imia.
E               = is. Survives in Italian e = is.  
Razelta     = sparkle (n). Survives in Albanian: rəzəllitia (razelitia) = sparkle.


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