Deciphering the Script of the Pliska Rosette

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Pages: 206-215
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/LTZR2122

Abstract:

A bronze artefact with a runic-like inscription was discovered in 1961 in Pliska, a medieval capital of Bulgaria. Several attempts have been made to decipher the inscription. Some have suggested translations with narrative text while others have suggested that the seven rays of the Pliska Rosette contain the names of the planets including the Sun and the Moon as they were known in medieval times. A new deciphering is proposed here where the following words are obtained while reading the inscription from top to bottom and from left to right as follows: LUNI, MAERTIUNI, MAERTKURT, NIUPETER, VENERAIO, ISANTURANII, UMAERES on the back side and IUNII on the front side. The proposed deciphering is based on a concept that the runic-like symbols are vertical constructs made of primitive signs denoting single sounds or syllables and which reflect the shape of the mouth, tongue, lips and palate during their pronunciation.

Keywords:

Pliska, rosette, runic, syllable, script, luni, maertiuni, maertkurt, niupeter, veneraio, isanturanii, umaeres, iunii, Bulgarian, alphabet.

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