Keçikıran (A 5-84)
The stele fragment was found in the house of Kasım İlçiboğa in the village of Keçikıran, about 15 km east of Muradiye, near the northeastern shores of Lake Van. A publication of the inscription was already produced by Donbaz and Wilhelm in 1996 based on an unprovenanced copy. An Urartian period hill-top fortification is located to the west of the village. The inscription is fully preserved on the rectangular basalt fragment, which has been cut at the top and bottom. In 2012, the fragment was moved to the Van Museum. It measures 73 cm in height, 62 cm in width, and 32 cm in depth. The inscription is a dedication to the god Šebitu.
Transliteration:
1 dše-bi-tú-ú-⸢e⸣
2 mmì-nu-ú-a-⸢še⸣
3 miš-pu-u-i-ni-hi-ni-še
4 i-ni pu-lu-si ku-gu-ni
5 dhal-di-ni-ni al-su-ši-ni
6 mmì-nu-ú-a-ni
7 miš-pu-u-i-ni-hi
8 MAN DAN-NU MAN al-su-ni
9 MAN KURbi-i-a-i-na-e
10 a-lu-si URUṭu-uš-pa ⸢URU⸣
Translation:
“(1) For the god Šebitu, Minua, son of Išpuini, erected this stele. (5) Through the greatness of Haldi (I am) Minua, son of Išpuini, (8) strong king, great king, king of the Bia lands, lord of Ṭušpa-Cit[y].”
References:
Donbaz, V. & G. Wilhelm. 1996. “Eine Stele des urartäischen Königs Minua für die Gottheit Šebitu,” SCCNH 8, 269–272.
Işık, K. 2019. “Urartian inscriptions at the Van Museum. A New Collection,” in Over the Mountains and Far Away (Fs Salvini), eds. P. V. Avetisyan, R. Dan & Y. H. Grekyan, Oxford, pp. 296–303 (297).
Salvini, M. 2008–2018. Corpus dei Testi Urartei, v. 1 pp. 259–260, v. 3 p. 184, v. 5 p. 177.
eCUT – Electronic Corpus of Urartian Texts (https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Q006982).
Image Sources:
M. Salvini, 2008
K. Işık, 2019