Elar (A 8-8) The inscription was on a large rock block near Elar (today Abovyan), a town about 16 km northeast of Yerevan in Armenia. The 10-line inscription covered an area 36 cm high and 88 cm wide. It was destroyed in 1968 during road construction, and the two surviving fragments are now in the … Read more
Gulijan (A 8-9) The inscription is on a rock face next to the stream Karan-Gu (Mant’ash) below the village of Gulijan/Kulidzhan (now Spandaryan), approximately 21 km southeast of Gyumri in Armenia. It measures 24 cm in height and 72 cm in width, faces south-southeast, and receives direct sunlight only around noon. Transliteration:1 dhal-di-ni uš-ta-bi ma-si-ni … Read more
Seqendel (A 9-8) The rock inscription is located on a hill northwest of the village of Seqendel, 30 km west of the city of Ahar in Iran. The south-facing inscription is carved in a shallow niche 68 cm high and 115 cm wide on the hillside that hosts the ruins of the fortress of Libliuni. … Read more
Karahan (A 2-9A–B) The two basalt steles were found in Karahan in 1976–77. They share the same width (67 cm) and thickness (31 cm). Fragment A, with a rounded top, is the upper part of a stele and has a height of 117 cm with 25 lines of inscription. Fragment B, broken at the top … Read more
Yedikilise (A 5-32) The six-line inscription was on the upper part of a large stele, once housed in the monastery of Varagvank‘ (Yedikilise) on the slopes of Erek Dağı, southeast of the city of Van. The stele has been lost since that time. Transliteration:1 [mmì-nu-a-še miš-pu-ú]-i-ni-hi-[ni-še]2 [i]-ni URU ši-[di]-iš-tú-ni3 i-ni NA4pu-lu-ú-si-e ku-gu-ni4 mmì-nu-a-ni miš-pu-ú-i-ni-e-hé5 MAN … Read more
Bostankaya (A 5-67) The inscription on a block, shapeless on the back, was found and copied by W. Belck in the 1890s in the village of Bostankaya, approximately 16 km northeast of Malazgirt. The right side of the block has been damaged since its discovery. The existing piece measures 66 cm in height, 98 cm … Read more
Elmalık / Zivistan (A 2-2A–G) At least seven cylindrical stones, likely column bases, all carved with the same three-line inscription, feature identical content on each line. This practice of repetition was also adopted by later kings of Urartu. The stones are about 77 to 80 cm in diameter and very likely all originated from the … Read more
Kavuncu (A 5-53A-B) The fragmentary cylindrical stone (a column base?) with a three-line inscription (A) was found in a house in Van in the late 19th century but was subsequently lost. In 2009, a duplicate of this inscription was discovered on another cylindrical stone fragment (B) in the village of Kavuncu, east of the city … Read more
Kevenli (A 5-34) The cylindrical column base with a three-line inscription was seen and copied by F. E. Schulz in 1827–28 in the church courtyard in the village of Şuşants (today Kevenli), but it has been lost since that time. Transliteration:1 [dhal-di-ni-ni] uš-ma-a-[ši-ni mmì-nu-a-še miš]-pu-ú-i-ni-hi-ni-še Éṭu-lu-[ú]-ri-[ni]2 É.GAL ba-du-si-e ši-di-ši-tú-ni URU ši-di-ši-tú-ni ú-i gi-e-i iš-ti-ni ši-da-ú-⸢ri⸣3 … Read more
Zivin (A 5-4) The two-piece stele was originally located in the Zivin Fortress, near the village of Zivin (today Süngütaşı) in the Sarıkamış district of Kars. The stele was removed to Tbilisi during the Russian invasion of the region in the late 19th century. It has a width of 62 cm and a depth of … Read more
