It was discovered in the steppes near the Uyuk-Turan river valley, around the city of Turan in the Republic of Tuva.

[2] Yenisei inscriptions are type of monument stones erected for deceased statesmen.

The tradition of erecting monument stones in memory of the deceased was commonly observed among the Göktürks.

[3] However, archaeologist Ivor Kormushin suggests that after the Göktürk Khaganate, the tradition of erecting monument stones for important statesmen continued among the Uyghurs, which is why the Uyuk-Turan Inscription is believed to have been written after the Orkhon Inscriptions which is also written in Old Turkic.

[4] The monument itself is a Deer stone, erected circa 1000 BCE, and the textual inscription was made secondarily in the 8th-9th century CE.