Urartian Inscriptions

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Urartian Inscriptions of Avnik

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Avnik (A 9-39) The fragmentary basalt stele was discovered in 1965, reused in the outer wall of a mosque in the village of Avnik (now ...

Urartian Inscription of Tsovinar

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Tsovinar (A 10-2) The rock inscription is located in Kolagran (now Tsovinar) on the south shore of Lake Sevan. It covers an area of 88 ...

Urartian Inscription of Elar

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Elar (A 8-8) The inscription was on a large rock block near Elar (today Abovyan), a town about 16 km northeast of Yerevan in Armenia. ...

Urartian Inscription of Gulijan

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Gulijan (A 8-9) The inscription is on a rock face next to the stream Karan-Gu (Mant’ash) below the village of Gulijan/Kulidzhan (now Spandaryan), approximately 21 ...

Urartian Inscription of Seqendel

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Seqendel (A 9-8) The rock inscription is located on a hill northwest of the village of Seqendel, 30 km west of the city of Ahar ...

Urartian Inscriptions of Karahan

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Karahan (A 2-9A–B) The two basalt steles were found in Karahan in 1976–77. They share the same width (67 cm) and thickness (31 cm). Fragment ...

Urartian Inscriptions of Yedikilise

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Yedikilise (A 5-32) The six-line inscription was on the upper part of a large stele, once housed in the monastery of Varagvank‘ (Yedikilise) on the ...

Urartian Inscription of Bostankaya

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Bostankaya (A 5-67) The inscription on a block, shapeless on the back, was found and copied by W. Belck in the 1890s in the village ...

Urartian Inscriptions of Arin Berd

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Foundation Inscription (A 8-17A–B) The text is known from two stone blocks from the fortress of Arin Berd. The first (A) was found by K. ...