Urartian Inscriptions

Urartian Inscriptions

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Urartian Inscription of Mahmudabad

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Mahmudabad (A 10-6) The dark grey limestone slab was discovered in 1975 on a hill adjacent to the village of Mahmudabad, located 28 km south ...

Urartian Inscription of Qarajalu

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Qarajalu (A 10-8?) The rock inscription was first reported in 2022 by Salar Alipour, a mine engineer, who discovered it within the ruins of the ...

Urartian Inscription of Kaleköy

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Kaleköy (A 12-6) The rock inscription is located at the entrance to a rock-cut room above the village of Kaleköy, approximately 15 km northeast of ...

Urartian Inscriptions of Karataş

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Karataş (A 9-10) This is the western of two rock inscriptions separated by roughly a hundred meters, located in the district known as Karataş, about ...

Urartian Inscription of Zvartnots

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Zvartnots (A 12-8) In the late 19th century, the stele was found beneath the ruins of the northwest gate of the church of Surp Zvartnots. ...

Urartian Inscription of Hazine Piri Gate

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Hazine Piri Kapısı (A 2-5) The 4-line Urartian inscription is written on a door-shaped niche, locally known as Hazine Piri Gate, which is carved into ...

Urartian Inscription of Nashteban

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Nashteban (A 11-5) The rock inscription is on the southern slopes of the Savelan (Sabalan) Mountains, near the now-abandoned village of Nashteban, located about 20 ...

Urartian Inscriptions of Ezhdaha Bulaqi

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Ezhdaha Bulaqi (A 5-59) The rock niche with an inscription of Minua is located 18 km north of Uşnaviyeh, near the turnoff for Zeyveh on ...

Urartian Inscriptions around Lake Keşiş

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Keşiş Göl and Gövelek (A 14-1) The tall stele was found in multiple pieces at different locations and times. The lower section was found in ...

Urartian Inscription of Mergeh Karvan

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Mergeh Karvan (A 10-4) The four-sided stele fragment with a Urartian-Assyrian bilingual inscription was discovered in 1976 among the ruins of the medieval village of ...