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 an isolated rock outcrop near Elmalık (Zivistan), south of the city of Van. The niche is about 1.5 meters high, 1.2 meters wide, and 8 cm deep. The center of the niche has suffered some damage at the hands of treasure seekers, but the inscription in the top section is largely intact. It dates to the reign of Išpuini.
Transliteration:
1 miš-pu-u-i-ni-še mdsar5-du-ri-hi-ni-še
2 i-ni GIŠul-ú-di-e te-e-ru-ni
3 GIŠza-a-ri-e ⸢te⸣-e-ru-ú-ni
4 e-ú-ri-i-e te-ru-ni i-ni DUB-te
Translation:
“Išpuini, son of Sarduri, planted a vineyard, he (also) planted an orchard. For his Lord (i.e., the god Haldi) he established this inscription.”
References:
Belli, O. & A. M. Dinçol. 1982. “Hazine Piri Kapısı ve Aşağı Zivistan taş ocakları (Die Inschrift von Hazine Piri Kapısı und die Steinbrüche um der Burg von Nieder-Ziwistan),” Anadolu Araştırmaları 8, 169–181.
Salvini, M. 2008–2018. Corpus dei Testi Urartei, v. 1 p. 110, v. 3 pp. 57–58, v. 5 pp. 47–48.
eCUT – Electronic Corpus of Urartian Texts (https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Q006880).
Image Sources:
O. Belli & A. M. Dinçol, 1982
Bora Bilgin, 2024