Çelebibağ (A 11-1) The upper section of a tall stele was first noticed by Lehmann and Belck in the 1890s, reused as a pavement stone in front of the mosque of the village of Çelebibağ, on the northern shore of Lake Van, about 8 km southwest of Erciş. A cross in a shallow niche indicates … Read more
Salmanağa (A 5-17) The stele was found in 1891 inserted into a side niche of the completely ruined 7th-century church of Surp Astvacacin in the village of Artsovaberd (now Salmanağa), about 11 km northeast of Erciş. It is inscribed on both sides, and the text concerns the building of a canal and a city by … Read more
Keçikıran (A 5-84) The stele fragment was found in the house of Kasım İlçiboğa in the village of Keçikıran, about 15 km east of Muradiye, near the northeastern shores of Lake Van. A publication of the inscription was already produced by Donbaz and Wilhelm in 1996 based on an unprovenanced copy. An Urartian period hill-top … Read more
