Ortakent (A 8-7) The rock inscription is located on an artificially leveled wide rock surface by a small creek (Morevdere), about 3 km northeast of Ortakent, a village in the district town of Hanak in the province of Ardahan. It was first reported in 1985 by Temel Özcan from Hanak. The 13-line inscription covers an … Read more
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
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
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
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
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
Palu (A 5-5) The inscription is carved into a large rock niche at the edge of a cliff atop Palu Fortress, located by the Murat River near the town of Palu in Elazığ. It was first copied by A. H. Layard in 1847. The niche is 3.20 m high, 1.66 m wide, and 35 cm … Read more
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
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
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
