The Buyla inscription is engraved in Greek letters on the inner bottom of a round buckled bowl (no. 21 in József Hampel's notation), on a flat ring surrounding a lavishly decorated disk.
Omurtag's Tarnovo Inscription | Bronze 'fish tally' with small Khitan inscription owned by Stephen Wootton Bushell | statue inscription in "Love is a Ball" (1963) at 51:44 | Padang Roco inscription | Nagajari-Khanikargaon rock inscription | Great Karnak Inscription | Buyla inscription | Behistun Inscription | alt=A drawing of the first inscription (with some minor errors), as it could be read in 1887'' |
According to professor Nykola Mavrodinov (based on Vilhelm Thomsen), the script on vessel number 21 is in Bulgar, written with Greek letters, surrounding a cross, and reads, “Boyla Zoapan made this vessel. Butaul Zoapan intended it for drinking.”.