Alpine Rock Graffiti 300 CE

Alpine Rock Text

(November 29, 2024) One of the few Cisalpine Celtic dedicatory inscriptions is written on a boulder in a tiny shelter at 2643 above sea level in the Swiss Alps (Valais Canton). The  inscription is near a Roman fortification dated to the 1st century BCE.

Translation of Lines 1 and 2 in Akkadian (North Text 39)

(read right to left in the Akkadian style. Capital letters on object. Small letters are inferred Inner vowels. Verbs are italic bold. Dual use letters are E/H, I/Y, U/W, and '/A in which vowel appears at beginning of words except for Yahu which is keeping its traditional Hebrew transliteration
Letter Chart: Northern European Chart   The letter style is transitioning from Pontic to early Danish
  1. Ga'u EṢu Ya Ṣa'u   (North 39.1)  
  2. Yu EWu Su A'u (North 39.2)

In English

  1. Break-outs (from sky-shell by rain) cannot be shedded by blockages
  2. Are not curses from Su's emotion-powers? (which are blocking the flow of fertility-fluids)

Previously Attempted Translation

  1. poenino 
  2. ieureu

In English
  1. Poeninos'
  2. dedication

Their letter assignments are completely wrong.

References

Lexicon Leponticum. Online at: https://lexlep.univie.ac.at/wiki/VS%C2%B72