Zivin (A 5-4)
The two-piece stele was originally located in the Zivin Fortress, near the village of Zivin (today Süngütaşı) in the Sarıkamış district of Kars. The stele was removed to Tbilisi during the Russian invasion of the region in the late 19th century. It has a width of 62 cm and a depth of 35 cm. The combined height of the two pieces is about 1.6 meters. It is a victory inscription of King Minua concerning the capture of a city in the region and is now housed in the Georgian Museum in Tbilisi.
Transliteration:
1ʹ [x x x] x x [x x x]
2ʹ [m]⸢mì-nu⸣-a-še a-⸢li⸣-e
3ʹ [ha]-⸢ú⸣-bi URUšá-ši-lu-ni
4ʹ [ku?-gu?]-ú-bi i-ni pu-lu-⸢si⸣
5ʹ [dhal]-di-e e-ú-ri-u-ki
6ʹ [dhal]-di-ni-ni al-su-ši-ni
7ʹ [mmì]-⸢nu⸣-a-ni miš-pu-u-i-ni-⸢hi⸣
8ʹ [MAN] ⸢DAN⸣-NU MAN al-su-i-⸢ni⸣
9ʹ [MAN KURbi]-⸢a-i⸣-na-a-⸢ú⸣-[e]
10ʹ [a-lu-si URUṭu-uš-pa-a URU]
11ʹ [mmì-nu-a-še a-li-e]
12ʹ [a]-lu-[ú]-še ⸢i⸣-[ni DUB-te]
13ʹ ⸢tú⸣-li-e a-lu-še pi-tú-li-[e]
14ʹ a-lu-še še-er-du-li-[e]
15ʹ ⸢tú⸣-ri-ni-ni dhal-di-[še]
16ʹ ⸢d⸣IM-še dUTU-še DINGIRMEŠ-[še]
17ʹ ⸢ma⸣-a-ni dUTU-ni pi-i-[ni]
18ʹ [mì]-i ar-hi ú-ru-li-a-[ni]
19ʹ mì-i i-na-a-i-ni-⸢i⸣
20ʹ [mì]-i na-ra a-ú-i u-lu-⸢li⸣
Translation:
“(1ʹ) [. . .] . . . [. . .] Minua says: (3ʹ) I conquered the city Šašiluni, [I erect]ed this stele for the god Haldi, my Lord. (6ʹ) Through the greatness of the god Haldi I am Minua, son of Išpuini, (8ʹ) [str]ong king, great king, [king of] the [Bi]a lands (10ʹ) [lord of Ṭušpa-City]. (11ʹ) [Minua says]: (As for the one) who destroys this inscription, (as for the one) who damages it, (14ʹ) (as for the one) who hides it, may the god Haldi, the Weather-God, the Sun-God and all the gods annihilate him under the sun! . . . (rest untranslatable)”
References:
König, F. W. 1955. Handbuch der Chaldischen Inschriften, Graz (Plt. 23).
Salvini, M. 2008–2018. Corpus dei Testi Urartei, v. 1 pp. 191–192, v. 3 p. 118, v. 5 pp. 107–108.
Tseretheli, G. V. 1939. Urartskie Pamjatniki Muzeja Gruzii/The Urartean Monuments in the Georgian Museum Tbilissi, Tbilisi (Plt. XX–XXI).
eCUT – Electronic Corpus of Urartian Texts (https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Q006902).
CTU A 5-4 = HchI 24 = UKN 37 = KUKN 54
Image Sources:
G. V. Tseretheli, 1939
F. W. König, 1955
M. Salvini, 2008