Urartian Inscriptions

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Urartian Inscriptions of Karagündüz

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Karagündüz (A 3-9) The basalt stele with a rounded top was found in the 1890s in the village of Karagündüz, on the eastern shore of ...

Urartian Inscription of Tirmet

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Tirmet (A 5-6) Several fragments of a basalt stele were found at various times between 1881 and 2014 in and around the village of Tirmet ...

Urartian Inscription of Ilandagh

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Ilandagh (A 3-8) The rock inscription is located on Ilandagh (Ojasar) mountain in the Nakhchivan region of Azerbaijan. It was first documented by geologist V. ...

Urartian Inscription of Koçyatağı

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Koçyatağı (A 18-1) The rock inscription was discovered in 2005 by R. Çavuşoğlu on the top of Koç Hill, an eastward extension of the Bingöl ...

Urartian Inscription of Tashtepe

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Tashtepe (A 5-10) The 23-line inscription of King Minua was carved on a rock at the location known as Taštepe in Iranian Azerbaijan. It was ...

Urartian Inscriptions of Muş

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Muş (A 5-7) The inscription is written on all four faces of the rectangular, prism-shaped stele. Only the lower part of the stele survives, measuring ...

Urartian Inscription of Mt. Tarageh

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Mt. Taragheh (A 3-13?) The rock inscription was discovered in 1997 by rock climbers near the summit of Mt. Taragheh, 2.6 km south of the ...

Urartian Inscriptions of Salmanağa

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Salmanağa (A 5-17) The stele was found in 1891 inserted into a side niche of the completely ruined 7th-century church of Surp Astvacacin in the ...

Urartian Inscriptions of Malazgirt

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Ada (A 5-20) The rock inscription was formerly located near the village of Ada (now Adalar), a few kilometers south of Malazgirt. It is suspected ...

Urartian Inscription of Ortakent

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Ortakent (A 8-7) The rock inscription is located on an artificially leveled wide rock surface by a small creek (Morevdere), about 3 km northeast of ...