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Urartian Inscription of Hagi

01/10/202624/12/2025 by Urartian Monuments

Hagi (A 11-2) The upper section of a tall stele was first found by Belck in the early 1890s in the village of Hagi (today Kocapınar), about 15 km northwest of the city of Erciş. Cross marks indicate it was used as an Armenian gravestone in later ages. The stele has been lost since then … Read more

Urartian Inscription of Habibuşağı

01/10/202624/12/2025 by Urartian Monuments

Habibuşağı (A 9-4) The lengthy rock inscription was located on a rock on the eastern bank of the Euphrates near Habibuşağı, between the villages of Izollu (now Kale) and Kömürhan. However, in the late 1980s, the rock was submerged under the waters of the Karakaya Dam. The inscription was carved in a rectangular niche about … Read more