Nor-Bajazet (A 10-1)
The poorly hewn basalt cornerstone, inscribed on two adjacent faces, was found reused in a wall, originally coming from the Berdi-Gluh hill in the city of Kamo (formerly Nor-Bajazet, now Gavar) on the western shore of Lake Sevan, Armenia. The left face measures 47 cm in height, with a max width of 64.5 cm and max depth of 95 cm; the right face measures 42 cm in height, with a max width of 74 cm and max depth of 74 cm. Paleographic clues suggest it is one of the earliest inscriptions of Rusa I.
Transliteration:
1 ⸢d⸣hal-di-ni-ni uš-ma-ši-ni mru-sa-še
2 [m]dsar5-du-ri-hi-ni-še a-li MAN KURú-e-li-ku-hi
3 ka-ru-bi ARAD-áš-tú-bi KUR-ni e-di-ni ta-am-hu-bi
4 LÚEN.NAM e-di-a te-ru-bi dhal-di-ni-li KÁMEŠ
5 É.GAL ba-du-si-e ši-di-iš-tú-bi te-ru-bi ti-i-ni
6 dhal-di-e-i URU KURbi-a-i-na-ú-e uš-ma-a-še
7 KURKÚR na-a-pa-hi-a-i-di mru-sa-ni mdsar5-du-ri-hi
8 MAN DAN-NU a-lu-še KURbi-a-i-ni-li nu-ul-du-a-li
Translation:
“(1) Through the protection of the god Haldi, Rusa, son of Sarduri, says: I defeated the king of the land Ueliku and I made him vassal. (3b) Furthermore, I occupied(?) the land, (and) I installed a governor there. (4b) I built a gate of the god Haldi (and) a fortress to perfection (and) I gave it the name ʹCity of the god Haldiʹ, as protection of the Bia lands and for the intimidation of the enemy land. (7b) (I am) Rusa, son of Sarduri, strong king, (the one) who made the Bia lands great.”
References:
Salvini, M. 2008–2018. Corpus dei Testi Urartei, v. 1 p. 495, v. 3 p. 292, v. 5 p. 283.
eCUT – Electronic Corpus of Urartian Texts (https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Q007085).
CTU A 10-1 = CICh 147A = HchI 119 = UKN 265 = KUKN 388
Image Sources:
M. Salvini, 2008