Urartian Inscriptions

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Urartian Inscription of Movana

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Movana (A 10-3) The tall stele with a Urartian-Assyrian bilingual inscription was discovered in 1995 in a field about 1–2 km west of the village ...

Urartian Inscription of Topzawa

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Topzawa (A 10-5) The bottom section of a four-sided stele fragment with a Urartian-Assyrian bilingual inscription was discovered in the early 19th century in situ, ...

Urartian Inscriptions of Sıhke

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Sıhke (A 5-91) The small stele was built into a wall in the church of Sıhke (now Bostaniçi) village, where its outward-facing back was seen ...

Urartion Inscription of Akdamar

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Ahtamar / Akdamar (A 5-23) The stele fragment, which belongs to the top part of a stele, was later reduced to a cylindrical shape. In ...

Urartian Inscription of Çelebibağ

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Çelebibağ (A 11-1) The upper section of a tall stele was first noticed by Lehmann and Belck in the 1890s, reused as a pavement stone ...

Urartian Inscription of Hagi

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Hagi (A 11-2) The upper section of a tall stele was first found by Belck in the early 1890s in the village of Hagi (today ...

Urartian Inscription of Bitlis

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Bitlis (A 5-102) The fragment of an annalistic stele originates from Bitlis province, but its exact find spot is unknown. It measures 41 cm in ...

Urartian Inscription of Bağın

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Palın / Bağın (A 5-8) The incomplete stele is reconstructed from two parts. The larger part, once incorporated into the church of Palın (today Bağın ...

Urartian Inscription of Kasımoğlu

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Kasımoğlu (A 3-5) The stele was found reused as a column base in the church of Surb Hovhannes in the village of Kasımoğlu (old Gjusnents), ...

Urartian Inscriptions of Pirabat

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Pirabat (A 2-12??) The basalt block, with dimensions of 40 x 28 x 28 cm, is in the inventory of the Erzurum Museum. It was ...