Iğdır

Urartian Inscription of Başbulak

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Başbulak (A 5-26) The inscribed stone was found in 1888 in the walls of the ruined fortress of Başbulak, near the village of the same name (now Bulakbaşı) in the Karakoyunlu district of Iğdır province. The inscription has been lost since that time. Transliteration:1  d[hal]-di-e e-ú-[ri-e]2  [i]-ni É ba-[du]-ú-[si-e]3  [mmì]-nu-a-še miš-pu-u-ni-hi-ni-[še]4  [ši]-di-iš-tú-ni É.GAL5  [ši]-di-iš-tú-ni ba-du-ú-[si-e]6  … Read more

Urartian Inscriptions of Taşburun

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Taşburun / Tsolakert (A 5-1) The rock inscription was originally located at the Tsolakert Fortress, situated between the villages of Karakoyunlu and Taşburun in Iğdır province. In the early 1890s, the basalt block was separated from the rock using dynamite by the German missionary Pastor Wilhelm Faber, who sold it to the Vorderasiatisches Museum in … Read more