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
Toprakkale(?) (A 12-5a) The small fragment preserved in the Hermitage Museum probably comes from Toprakkale. It was likely collected during the expedition of Iosif A. Orbeli in 1911–1912. The preserved text corresponds with the main texts from Ayanis and Karmir Blur, indicating it is from another duplicate of the standard text of Rusa II. Transliteration … Read more
➥ Toprakkale Inscriptions It is located approximately 5 kilometers east of Tušpa (Van Fortress). The site was established on a hill at the foothills of Mount Zimzim, in the northeastern part of the Van Plain. Inscriptions discovered at the site indicate that the city’s name was Rusahinili Qibani-kai (“Rusahinili in front of Mount Erek”). The … Read more
