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. The 10-line inscription covered an area 36 cm high and 88 cm wide. It was destroyed in 1968 during road construction, and the two surviving fragments are now in the Armenian History Museum in Yerevan.
Transliteration:
1 dhal-di-ni uš-ta-bi ma-si-ni GIŠšú-ri-e
2 ka-ru-ni KURe-ti-ú-ni-ni dhal-di-i
3 ku-ru-ni dhal-di-ni GIŠšú-ri-i ku-ru-ni
4 dhal-di-ni-ni uš-ma-ši-ni uš-ta-bi
5 mar-gi-iš-ti-ni mmì-nu-a-hi-e
6 ha-ú-ni KURú-lu-a-ni-e-i KURe-ba-ni
7 URUda-a-ra-ni KUR-ni-e dhal-di-ni-ni
8 al-su-ši-ni mar-gi-iš-ti-ni mmì-nu-a-hi
9 MAN DAN-NU MAN al-su-ni MAN KURbi-a-i-na-e
10 a-lu-si URUṭu-uš-pa-a-e URU
Translation:
“(1) Haldi set off with his weapon, he defeated the land Etiuni. Behind(?) the god Haldi, behind(?) the weapon of the god Haldi, (4) through the protection of the god Haldi, Argišti, son of Minua, set off. He conquered the territory of the land Uluani, (and) the territory of the city Darani. (7b) Through the greatness of the god Haldi, (I am) Argišti, son of Minua, strong king, great king, king of the Bia lands, lord of Ṭušpa-City.”
References:
Nikolsky, M. V. 1896. Klinoobraznye nadpisi Zakavkaz’ia, Materīaly po arkheologīi Kavkaza V, Moskva (No. VI, Plt. XXV).
Salvini, M. 2008–2018. Corpus dei Testi Urartei, v. 1 pp. 348–349, v. 3 pp. 222–223, v. 5 pp. 216–217.
eCUT – Electronic Corpus of Urartian Texts (https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Q007009).
CTU A 8-8= CICh 115 = HchI 85 = UKN 131 = KUKN 177
Image Resources:
M. V. Nikolsky, 1896
M. Salvini, 2008