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 the town of Mazgirt. The inscription is carved on two right-angled walls in the antechamber of a rock tomb, to the left of the entrance. It is in very poor condition, and nearly half is unreadable. The preserved part covers an area of 44 x 72 cm on the left side and 53 x 57.5 cm on the right side.
Transliteration:
1 [dhal-di-i-ni]-ni uš-ma-ši-i-ni mru-sa-a-še mar-giš-te-hi-ni-⸢še⸣ [x x e?]-di-ni-a-ni ab-du-ia-ni
2 [x x x]-a-ni? [x]-li šú-si-ni-li LÚi-ri-ú-ni-li LÚ.UDU.MÁŠ.[TUR x x x]-e i-bi-ri-ú ba-di-ni-li
3 [x x]-⸢ni⸣ LÚ.UDU.MÁŠ.TUR-e-di-i LÚ.LÚ-ni-ni pa-ri al-zi-na-a-[i x x] x KITIM-ni ma-nu-ú-li-e
4 [pa]-⸢ri⸣ al-zi-na-a-i LÚUN-i-še NUMUN dUTU-ni-ka-a-i ⸢ma-nu⸣-ú-[x]-ki?-be? ma-ni-i-li
5 [x-(x)] i-bi-ri-ú ba-di-ni-li a-li MU-ni i-e-še ta-ra-ma ⸢tú-ú⸣-x [x (x)] a-li ma ú-i-ni
6 [x]-x-du-ú-še ma-a-⸢nu-li⸣ [x x x]-hi-di-e KURe-ba-na-i-di URU[x-x-x]-na-a qu-ra-di-ru-ú-⸢u+e⸣
7 [x x]-ni-e te-x-[x x x x x x x x]-i-ni-e dhal-di-[x x x KUR]⸢ṣu⸣-pa-a URUhu-si-ši-i-li
8 [x x]-ni?-[x x x x]-li gu-ni x [x x LÚ].⸢UDU⸣.MÁŠ.TUR LÚši-ar-ki-ra
9 [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] MUNUS-ni-ni mì-i [x x x x]-a i-bi-ri-ia-a-ni
10 [x x x]-ra-[x x x x x x x x x x x] URUMEŠ a-[li-li? x x] x-gu-ni GÁN-ni-ni
11 [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]-ni gi-e-i hu-[x x x x x qu]-⸢ra⸣-di-ru-ú-u+e
12 [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]-i-te a-[x x x x x x x x]-ra a-mì-ni-ni
13 [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] x [x x x x x x x x x]-i-zi-i
14 [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]-i-e
15 [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]-te
Translation:
“By the protection of the god Haldi, Rusa, son of Argišti …” (a coherent translation cannot be given)
References:
Salvini, M. 2008–2018. Corpus dei Testi Urartei, v. 1 pp. 577–578, v. 3 pp. 357–358, v. 5 pp. 330–332.
Schäfer, H.-P. 1977. “Die Inschrift Rusa II. Argišteḫinis in Mazgirt-Kaleköy (UKN 279 = HchI 127),” SMEA 18, 249–268.
eCUT – Electronic Corpus of Urartian Texts (https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Q007105).
CTU A 12-6 = CICh 152 = HchI 127 = UKN 279 = KUKN 418
Image Sources:
H.-P. Schäfer, 1977
Bora Bilgin, 2024