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Urartian Inscription of Yeşilalıç

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Yeşilalıç (A 3-2) The inscription is written inside the rock niche at Yeşilalıç (Pagan). The five-line text is repeated twice. Transliteration:1 dhal-di-i-e e-ú-ri-i-e miš-pu-ú-i-ni-še mdsar5-du-ri-e-hi-ni-še mmì-nu-a-še miš-pu-ú-i-ni-hi-ni-še2 dhal-di-e-i su-si ši-di-iš-tú-ni dhal-di-ni-ni uš-ma-ši-ni miš-pu-ú-i-ni-ni mdsar5-du-ri-e-hi3 MAN DAN-NU MAN al-su-i-ni MAN KURbi-ia-i-na-ú-e a-lu-si URUṭu-uš-pa-a URU te-ru-ú-ni ar-di-še4 qu-du-la-a-ni šú-hi-na-a-ṣi-e UDU.MÁŠ.TUR dhal-di-e ni-ip-si-du-li-ni GU4 dhal-di-e5 ur-pu-ú-li-ni GU4.ÁB dú-a-ru-ba-ni-e … Read more

Urartian Inscriptions of Qalatgah

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Qalatgah (A 3-10) The stone with a five-line inscription was found in 1968 during a survey by Christopher Hamlin of the University of Pennsylvania, where it had been reused in a dam at a site called Qalatgah in the Ushnu valley of Iran. The monument is associated with the Urartian stronghold built on a mountaintop … Read more

Urartian Inscriptions of Muhrapert / Göründü

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Muhrapert (A 3-3) The roughly rectangular stone inscription was found at Muhrapert (now Göründü) on the southern shore of Lake Van, west of Gevaş, and was later transported to the nearby island of Ahtamar. Long missing, it was rediscovered by Rafet Çavuşoğlu in May 2006 on Ahtamar and was transferred to the Van Museum in … Read more

Urartian Inscription of Yazılıtaş

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Yazılıtaş Rock Inscription, Horasan (A 5-3) The 36-line inscription is carved into a rectangular rock niche situated near the village of Yazılıtaş in the Horasan district of Erzurum. The well-preserved niche stands a few meters above the ground and measures 1.92 meters in height, 1.70 meters in width, and 45 cm in depth. It is … Read more

Urartian Inscriptions of Delibaba and Hasankale

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Delibaba and Hasankale (A 5-41A–B) A celebratory building inscription of King Minua is known from two stone blocks. Both blocks have a nine-line identical inscription with only spelling differences. The stone A was found at the end of the 19th century by W. Belck in the church ruins in the village of Delibaba (now Aras), … Read more

Urartian Inscription of Başkale

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Başkale (?) (A 5-52) The unprovenanced stone likely originates from the Başkale area. It measures 41.5 cm in height, 78 cm in width, and 87.5 cm in depth and is in the inventory of the Van Museum. The inscription of King Minua concerns the dedication of a susi temple and a fortified settlement. Transliteration:1  ⸢dhal⸣-di-e … Read more

Urartian Inscription of Meher Kapı

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Meher Kapı / Meher Gate (A 3-1) The 94-line text is carved on the back wall of the Meher Kapı niche. The same text is repeated with some variations in lines 1–31 and 32–94. Transliteration:1 [d]hal-di-e e-ú-ri-i-e miš-pu-ú-i-ni-še mdsar5-du-ri-e-hi-ni-še mmì-nu-ú-a-še2 m⸢iš⸣-pu-ú-i-ni-hi-ni-še i-ni-li KÁ za-a-du-ú-a-li te-ru-ni ar-di-še dUTU ITU a-ṣu-še ma-nu-še3 dhal-di-e-i dIM dUTU DINGIRMEŠ UKKINMEŠ … Read more

Urartian Inscription of Eleşkirt (Toprakkale)

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Toprakkale, Eleşkirt (A 3-7) The stone block reportedly originated from Toprakkale, about 13 km northeast of Eleşkirt in the Ağrı province, but its whereabouts are unknown today. The four lines of the inscription appear identical to the beginnings of the lines of the text found on A 3-6; it is therefore plausible that this block … Read more

Urartian Inscriptions of Minua Canal (Shamran)

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Minua Canal (A 5-12A–D) Four identical copies of a 14-line text by Minua, concerning the water canal (the so-called Shamran or Semiramis Canal) commissioned by this king, have been found at various locations along the canal in Edremit, south of the city of Van. A 5-12A is located on a rocky cliff approximately 2.50 m … Read more