Razliq (A 11-4)
The rock inscription is located on the east side of a ravine on the southern slopes of the Savelan (Sabalan) Mountains, about 6 km north of the village of Razliq, located about 13 km north of the city of Sarab in Iran. The inscribed surface covers a shallow niche 85 cm high and 110 cm wide on the south face of a rock. The inscription is a partial duplicate of the nearby rock inscription from Nashteban (A 11-5). The text concerns the military activities of Argišti II.
Transliteration:
1 dhal-di-ni-ni al-su-i-ši-ni mar-ti-giš-še
2 mru-sa-hi-ni-še a-li a-šá-di KURar-⸢hu⸣-ú-e
3 ⸢iš-ti-ni⸣-a-ṣi ka-⸢ru-bi⸣ KÚR KURú-šú-lu-ni-i KUR-ni
4 KURbu-⸢qu-ú-e⸣ KUR-ni [ku-ú]-ṭi5-⸢a-di⸣ pa-ri
5 ÍDmu-⸢na⸣-i-di i-šá-ni bi-⸢di-a-di⸣ ka-ru-bi KURgír-⸢du-ni⸣
6 KURgi-tú-ha-ni-ni KUR⸢ṭu⸣-iš-⸢du-ni⸣ URUru-du?-tar-ni URU
7 ha-ú-bi KUR⸢MEŠ⸣ ha-ú-ú-li me-ši-ni ⸢pi-i⸣ ʾa-⸢al⸣-du-bi
8 e-ʾa ⸢i⸣-ni É.⸢GAL⸣ gu-⸢nu-šá-a⸣ ha-ú-bi ši-di-iš-tú-bi
9 te-ru-bi ti-⸢ni m⸣ar-giš-te-i ir-du-si
10 KURbi-a-na-ú-e ⸢uš⸣-ma-⸢a-še⸣ KURKÚRMEŠ na-⸢a-pa⸣-hi-⸢a⸣-i-di
11 dhal-di-ni-ni ⸢al⸣-[su]-ši-ni mar-giš-ti-ni ⸢MAN⸣ DAN-⸢NU⸣
12 MAN KUR šú-ra-ú-e ⸢MAN KUR⸣bi-a-i-na-ú-e ⸢MAN⸣ MANMEŠ-ú-⸢e⸣
13 ⸢a⸣-lu-si URUṭu-uš-pa URU ⸢m⸣ar-giš-ti-še a-⸢li⸣
14 ⸢a⸣-lu-še ti-ni-⸢ni⸣ tú-li-e a-⸢i⸣ i-ni DUB-⸢te⸣
15 ⸢pi⸣-tú-⸢li⸣-e ⸢tú-ri⸣-ni-ni dhal-[di]-še ⸢d⸣IM-⸢še⸣
16 d[UTU-še] DINGIR⸢MEŠ⸣-še ma-a-ni [dUTU-ni pi]-i-⸢ni⸣
Translation:
“(1) Through the greatness of the god Haldi, Argišti, son of Rusa, says: I set out for the land Arhu. I defeated there the enemy, the territory of the land Ušuluni (and) the territory of the land Buqu. (4b) I came up to the river, I returned from that (region and) I defeated the land Girdu, the land Gituhani (and) the land Ṭuišdu. I conquered Rudutarni-City, I conquered the territories and I put them under tribute. (8) And this fortress I took in battle and I rebuilt it. (9) I gave it the name ‘stronghold of Argišti’ as protection of the Bia lands and for the intimidation of the enemy lands. (11) Through the gre[at]ness of the god Haldi (I am) Argišti, strong king, king of the regions, king of the Bia lands, king of kings, lord of Ṭušpa-City. (13b) Argišti says: (As for the one) who destroys my name or damages this inscription, may the god Hal[di], the Weather-God, [the Sun-God], (and all) the gods annihilate him under the sun.”
References:
André-Salvini, B. & M. Salvini. 1999. “The Urartian Rock Inscriptions of Razliq and Našteban (East Azerbaijan, Iran),” SMEA 41, 17–32.
Benedict, W. C. 1965. “Two Urartian Inscriptions from Azerbaijan,” JCS 19, 35-40.
Ceylan N. & M. Çiftçi. 2021. “Kuzeybatı İran’daki Urartu Yazıtlarındaki Savaş ve Propaganda İfadeleri,” MANAS 10.2, 1369–1388 (Foto 5).
Salvini, M. 2008–2018. Corpus dei Testi Urartei, v. 1 pp. 542–543, v. 3 p. 332, v. 5 pp. 310–311.
eCUT – Electronic Corpus of Urartian Texts (https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Q007095).
CTU A 11-4 = UKN II 445 = KUKN 409
Image Sources:
AmirAK, 2016 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
N. Ceylan & M. Çiftçi, 2021
Razliq (A 11-9?)
The inscribed stone block fragment was found in the early 2020s on a mound near Razliq, north of the city of Sarab in Iran. The right side of the block is broken off, and it preserves the beginnings of six lines of an inscription. The present piece measures 30 cm in height, 20 cm in width, and 45 cm in thickness. Although no names are preserved, the two nearby rock inscriptions of Argišti II (A 11-4 and A 11-5), which also mention the land of Girduni, suggest a date in the reign of the same king.
Transliteration (after Dara, 2022):
1. dhal-di[-ni al-su-i-ši-ni […]
2. dhal-di[-ni…]
3. ši-di-iš[-tú-bi… KURbi-a-i-na-ú-e]
4. uš-ma-še KUR[KÚRMEŠ na-pa-hi-a-i-di]
5. KURgír-du[-ni…]
6. KURMEŠ a-ṣi[…]
Translation (after Dara, 2022):
“(1) [Through the greatness of] the god Haldi (2) the god Haldi[… (3) …I] built[ …for the] protection [of the Bia lands and the intimidation of the enemy] (5) … the land of Girdu […] (6) the lands? […]”
References:
Dara, M. 2022. “The newly found Urartian inscriptions of Sarab and KURgír-du-ni,” Anatolica 48, 49–59.
Image Sources:
M. Dara, 2022