The Epitaph of an Unknown King

The Epitaph of an Unknown King
By Tete Glossigo

The oldest complete body of Arthosian text comes from an ancient tomb of an unknown king, which was found in Sfneed, the oldest known city in the world. The inscription reads:"Tovou tolethi na xevetr heleis, ay keltenoy veretas yorum. Teweth ev sothoi fenebas callia"The only words which can be translated for certain are:

Tovou is accepted to be the 3rd person pronoun in an unspecified declension

Heleis is the nominative form of "the sun"

Keltenoy is an unspecified declension of "entrance"

Fenebas is the nominative of "fire"

Sothos is generally thought to mean "death" or "annihilation," although some scholars suggest it has more benevolent connotations

Toleth is commonly thought to correlate to the common word “smite”

Ev is thought to directly correlate to the common word "from"

Xevetr seems to be a verbal derivation of the noun xevet, which means "ice." The use of this word is likely colloquial in nature, and the best guesses as to its meaning in context all fall short.

And finally, teweth means "command"