Delibaba and Hasankale (A 5-41A–B)
A celebratory building inscription of King Minua is known from two copies on two stone blocks. Both blocks have a nine-line identical inscription with only spelling differences. The copy A was found at the end of the 19th century by W. Belck in the church ruins in the village of Delibaba (now Aras), about 17 km southeast of Horasan in Erzurum province. The stone has been lost since then and is known only from copies. The copy B was found even earlier in the 19th century, reportedly at Hasankale (now Pasinler) in Erzurum province, and is today in the Istanbul Archaeology Museum. It measures 52 cm in height, 97 cm in width and about 38 cm in thickness.
Transliteration:
A
1 dhal-di-ni-ni uš-ma-ši-ni
2 mmì-nu-a-še miš-pu-u-ni-hi-ni-še
3 i-ni É.GAL ši-di-iš-tú-ni
4 ba-du-si-e dhal-di-ni-ni
5 al-su-i-ši-ni mmì-nu-a-ni
6 miš-pu-ú-i-ni-e-hi
7 MAN DAN-NU MAN al-su-ú-i-ni
8 MAN KURbi-i-a-i-na-a-ú-e
9 a-lu-si URUṭu-uš-pa-a URU
B
1 ⸢d⸣hal-di-ni-ni uš-ma-ši-ni
2 [m]mì-nu-a-še miš-pu-u-ni-hi-ni-še
3 i-ni É.GAL ši-di-iš-tú-ni
4 ⸢ba⸣-a-du-ú-si-i-e
5 dhal-di-ni-ni al-su-ši-ni
6 mmì-nu-a-ni miš-pu-u-i-ni-[hi]
7 MAN DAN-NU MAN al-su-[ni MAN]
8 KURbi-a-i-n[a-a-ú-e]
9 a-lu-si URU[ṭu-uš-pa-a URU]
Translation:
“(1) Through the protection of the god Haldi, Minua, son of Išpuini, (3) built this fortress to perfection. (4) Through the greatness of the god Haldi (I am) Minua, (6) son of Išpuini, great king, mighty king, (8) king of the Bia lands, lord of Ṭušpa-City.”
References:
Lehmann-Haupt, C. F. 1928–1935. Corpus Inscriptionum Chaldicarum, Berlin-Leipzig (Nos. 59–61, Plt. LVIII).
Salvini, M. 2008–2018. Corpus dei Testi Urartei, v. 1 pp. 229–230, v. 3 pp. 147–148, v. 5 pp. 144–145.
eCUT – Electronic Corpus of Urartian Texts (https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Q006939).
CTU A 5-41A–B = CICh 59–61 = HchI 43–44 = UKN 68–69 = KUKN 85–86
Image Sources:
C. F. Lehmann-Haupt, 1928–1935
M. Salvini, 2008