Atamhan (A 9-6)
The rock inscription was formerly on a hill near the village of Atamhan (now Vardadzor) on the southwest shore of Lake Sevan. It was detached in 1882 and transferred to Tbilisi. The detached fragment measures about 42 cm high and 79 cm wide and is currently in the Georgian Museum in Tbilisi.
Transliteration:
1 dhal-di-ni-ni ba-u-ši-ni
2 msar-du-ri-še már-giš-te-hi-ni-še
3 a-li URUtú-li-hu-ni URU MAN-nu-si
4 mṣi-na-li-bi-i mlu-e-hu-hi-ni-i
5 gu-nu-šá ha-u-bi mṣi-na-li-bi-ni
6 MAN UNMEŠ-ra-ni MUNUSlu-tú <pa-ru>-bi
7 ku-ṭu-be pa-ri KURu-du-ri-e-ti-<u>-ni
Translation:
“(1) Through the command of the god Haldi, Sarduri, son of Argišti, says: (3b) I conquered the city Tulihu, royal city of Ṣinalibi of the Luehu, in battle. (5b) I deported Ṣinalibi, the king, together with (his) men and women, and I came to the land Uduretiuni.”
References:
Nikolsky, M. V. 1896. Klinoobraznye nadpisi Zakavkaz’ia, Materīaly po arkheologīi Kavkaza V, Moskva (No XVI, Plt. XXVIII).
Salvini, M. 2008–2018. Corpus dei Testi Urartei, v. 1 pp. 433–434, v. 3 p. 269, v. 5 pp. 261–262.
eCUT – Electronic Corpus of Urartian Texts (https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Q007051).
CTU A 9-6 = CICh 135 = HchI 106 = UKN 151606 = KUKN 249
Image Sources:
M. V. Nikolsky, 1896