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ISSN 2223-165X

V.I. ABAEV NORTH-OSSETIAN INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITARIAN AND SOCIAL STUDIES

OF VLADIKAVKAZ SCIENCE CENTRE OF RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE

AND THE GOVERNMENT OF NORTH OSSETIA-ALANIA

ИЗВЕСТИЯ СОИГСИ

Tuallagov A. A. Cyrillic Alphabet and the Zelenčuk Epitaph // Izvestiya SOIGSI. 2015. Iss. 18 (57). P. 11-24. Print

Keywords: Zelenčuk epitaph, decipherment, Cyrillic alphabet, epigraphy, paleography, Alans, Khazars

The article analyses «decipherment» of the Zelenčuk epitaph based on the Cyrillic alphabet. As the result not only lack of reliable historic ground for such «decipherment» is fixed, but connection of the inscription’s symbols with the Cyrillic alphabet is categorically rejected. Explicit distortion of the inscription’s symbols, ascription to the ones the voluntary phonetic matches, absence of declared «paleographic analysis» is marked. As the author concludes, this «decipherment» must be categorically rejected as unscientific.