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Subject: Re: Caucasoid Turks/Bulgars
Date: 30 Apr 1999 00:00:00 GMT
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from vassil's web page, dobrev has:

>The determination of exact meaning of the term 
>ELEM (tenth) and its derivation ENIALEM (or ENIELEM) -
>eleventh, was very important for the solution of another 
>mystery of the Nominalia. The Chatalar inscription
>from Omurtag says that it was made in the year 
>SIGOR ELEM (written with Greek letters), i.e. in the year of
>the bull and the month ELEM. The Turkologists mistranslated 
>SIGOR ELEM as the year of the bull, the first
>month - the first month of the bull corresponded 
>to January of 821 AD; at the same time the inscription in
>Greek read that it was made in September of 821 
>(the 15th Byzantine indict began in September 821). The
>Greek date clearly showed that ELEM was not the first 
>month and the solution of the mystery was quite simple
>- SIGOR, that is - SHEGOR ELEM, was October 821 
>and that is exactly the second month of the Byzantine
>15th indict. 

I have some questions concerning this.

1. "september" is reinterpreted as "october." is it the first or
second month of the byzantine indict? (I gather the byzantine indict
starts in september).

2. why should the bulghars use a chronology out of synch with the
byzantines, at least the chronology in the insciption) and instead use
the familiar roman chronology (beginning january) which I gather was
more common in the west (corresponding to the western or western part
of the roman empire).

3. the "turkic" interpretation on the other hand would be consistent
with the greek inscription.
oncerning this.