Lchashen / Ordaklu (A 8-11)
The rock inscription is located in Ordaklu (now Lchashen) by the northwest corner of Lake Sevan in Armenia. Inscription is carved on a reddish, overturned boulder on the northwest shore of the Gokcai (i.e., Lake Sevan), at the outflow of the Zanga (Hrazdan) River. The uneven line heights and rough rock surface suggest it was carved in haste. In modern times walls and a roof have been built around the rock to protect it from elements.
Transliteration:
1 dhal-di-ni-⸢ni⸣ al-su-ši-ni
2 mar-gi-iš-ti-še a-li
3 ha-ú-bi URUqi-e-hu-ni KUR-ni
4 ku-ṭu-[bi] pa-ri URUiš-ti-ku-ni-ú
5 i!-šá-na ap-ti-ni ṣu-ú-ni-e
6 li-me-i-e li-qi-i-ú
7 mar-gi-iš-ti-ni
8 MAN DAN-NU MAN KURbi-a-na-ú-e
9 a-lu-si URUṭu-uš-pa URU
Translation:
“(1) Through the greatness of the god Haldi Argišti says: (3) I conquered the territory of the city Qehuni, I came to the city Ištikuniu, from that side of the lake . . . (7) I am Argišti, strong king, king of the Bia lands, lord of Ṭušpa-City.”
References:
König, F. W. 1955. Handbuch der Chaldischen Inschriften, Graz (No. 86).
Salvini, M. 2008–2018. Corpus dei Testi Urartei, v. 1 pp. 350–351, v. 3 p. 226, v. 5 p. 218.
eCUT – Electronic Corpus of Urartian Texts (https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Q007012).
CTU A 8-11= CICh 116 = HchI 86 = UKN 134 = KUKN 180
Image Sources:
M. Salvini, 2008
Ara Petrosyan, 2013