Bastam - Urartian Monuments

Urartian Inscriptions of Bastam

01/10/202624/12/2025 by Urartian Monuments

Bastam (A 12-5) A small fragment of a reddish inscribed stone was found during the early years of excavations at Bastam. The fragment preserves only a small section of six lines, recognized as a duplicate of part of the third column of the Ayanis temple inscription. The fragment is in the Museum of Ancient Iran … Read more

Bastam - Rusai URU TUR

02/10/202608/11/2025 by Urartian Monuments

➥ Bastam Inscriptions Bastam Fortress is an Urartian settlement founded about 150 km east of the capital Tušpa, and 50 km north of today’s city of Khoy in Iran. It represents the easternmost of the great Urartian fortress sites and is the second largest after Tushpa/Van Fortress. Bastam is one of five major fortresses founded … Read more