Butaul (also spelled Buta-ul, with possible meaning "the son of Buta")[1] is a name mentioned in an inscription contained in a treasure trove of gold artifacts found in 1799 in Sânnicolau Mare, in northern Banat (then under administration of the Habsburg monarchy, today in Timiș County in western Romania). According to various interpretations of the inscription, Butaul was an župan,[2] a sort of local chieftain. It is possible that Butaul is linked to the runiform on the chalice of Kiskőrös-Vágóhíd, which may be transliterated as /put'ə/ (Oghur Turkic for 'louse') or /Buta/ [Oghur Turkic for (camel's) foal ].[3]
- ^ Acta linguistica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, Том 21, Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, 1971, page 37.
- ^ From Daēnā to Dîn: Religion, Kultur und Sprache in der iranischen Welt; Festschrift für Philip Kreyenbroek zum 60. Geburtstag, Christine Allison, Anke Joisten-Pruschke, Antje Wendtland, Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 2009, page 5.
- ^ Gábor Hosszú, Heritage of Scribes: The Relation of Rovas Scripts to Eurasian Writing Systems, p. 142