Mahmudabad (A 10-6)
The dark grey limestone slab was discovered in 1975 on a hill adjacent to the village of Mahmudabad, located 28 km south of the city of Urmia, Iran. The slab measures 62 cm in height, 90.5 cm in width, and 22 cm in thickness and is kept in the Urmia Museum. The well-preserved 12-line inscription is only the last part of the complete text, the beginning of which must have been on other slabs. The present text contains offerings and a curse formula.
Transliteration:
1ʹ a-li ṭè-el-zu-še iš-ti-ni te-ru-bi a-[še]
2ʹ MANMEŠ-i KASKAL za-du-li 1 GU4 1 UDU dše-bi-tú-e ⸢ŠUM⸣
3ʹ 3 UDU dar-ṭu-ʾa-ra-sa-ú-e
4ʹ 1 UDU dše-bi-tú-i-na-ú-e KÁ qu-du-la-ni
5ʹ GIBIL-ṣi 1 UDU dše-bi-tú-e ŠUM a-še gi-i su-si-ni
6ʹ bi-di har-ha-ru-li ta-nu-li-i-ni mì-i
7ʹ e-ši-me-ṣi el-mu-še ma-nu-ni a-še-e
8ʹ šú-hi ba-at-qi-du-li TEMEN 1 UDU dše-bi-tú-e ŠUM
9ʹ mru-sa-ni dše-bi-tú-i LÚARAD dše-bi-tú-ka-i
10ʹ a-ni-ia-ar-du-ni mru-sa-a-ni
11ʹ a-ni-ia-ar-du-nu-li-ni mru-sa-a-še
12ʹ mdsar5-du-ri-hi-ni-še a-li a-lu-še
13ʹ i-ni DUB-te tú-li-i-e mì-i ar-hi-e
14ʹ ú-ru-li-a-ni dUTU-ni-ka-a-i
Translation:
“(1ʹ) [Rusa, son of Sarduri] says: I established the following offering prescription here: when they undertake a royal campaign, they shall sacrifice an ox and a sheep for the god Šebitu and 3 sheep for the god Arṭuarasau, 1 sheep for the gate of the god Šebitu. (4ʹb) In case of a new foundation they shall sacrifice a sheep for the god Šebitu. (5ʹb) If one destroys a part of a susi temple, they should restore it and ešimeṣi elmuše. (7ʹb) When they re-establish the foundation, they shall sacrifice a sheep for the god Šebitu. (9ʹ) (I am) Rusa, servant of the god Šebitu, vigorous(?) in front of the god Šebitu, (and) Rusa shall be vigorous(?). (11ʹb) Rusa, son of Sarduri, says: (As for the one) who destroys this inscription, let him not find(?) rest(?) under the sun.”
References:
Ceylan N. & M. Çiftçi. 2021. “Kuzeybatı İran’daki Urartu Yazıtlarındaki Savaş ve Propaganda İfadeleri,” MANAS 10.2, 1369–1388 (Foto 3).
Salvini, M. 1977. “Eine neue urartäische Inschrift aus Mahmud Abad (West Azerbaidjan),” AMI 10, 125–136.
Salvini, M. 2008–2018. Corpus dei Testi Urartei, v. 1 pp. 508–509, v. 3 p. 321, v. 5 pp. 298–299.
eCUT – Electronic Corpus of Urartian Texts (https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Q007090).
CTU A 10-6 = KUKN 392
Image Sources:
M. Salvini, 2008
N. Ceylan & M. Çiftçi, 2021