Stone and Rock Inscriptions A 8-1 - A 8-19

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A 8-1

Description:

Stele with a fragmentariliy preserved Urartian inscription found in the church Surb Sahak in Van, its original location is not preserved. Content of the text: Report of the erection and dedication of the stele to the god Ḫaldi; curse formula to protect the inscription against damage and destruction; account of military campaigns in the territory of the population group Diauehi and the land Uburda; report of the foundation of the city Erebuni (modern Arin-berd in the periphery of the modern city Yerevan) and the settlement of 6600 warriors (lit. "men of battle") from the land Ḫatti and the land Ṣupa. The content of the inscription partly corresponds to the Ḫorhor-Annals (edition [/ecut/Q007004/] of A 8-3), for further information see the information on the portal page Argišti I [/ecut/urartianrulersandtheirinscriptions/argitiisonofminuaa8andb8/index.html].

Edition:

Access the edition [/ecut/Q007002/] of A 8-1.

Sources:

A 8-1

Concordance:

Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 8-1 (obv.) = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH 112 A 3 (Tab. XXIX, cast) = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 128 A3 = König (1955-1957): HchI 81 rev. = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 174 A3

Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 8-1 (right side) = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH 112 A 1 (Tab. XXVI, cast) = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 128 A1 = König (1955-1957): HchI 81 right face = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 174 A1

Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 8-1 (rev.) = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH 112 A 2 (Tab. XXVII, cast) = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 128 A2 = König (1955-1957): HchI 81 obv. = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 174 A2

Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 8-1 (left side) = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH 112 A 4 (Tab. XXVII, cast) = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 128 A4 = König (1955-1957): HchI 81 left side = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 174 A4.

A 8-2

Description:

Stele with a fragmentarily Urartian inscription found in the church Surb Sahak in Van, today lost. The text gives an annalistic account of several military campaigns in various regions. Furthermore, it reports the installation of governors in some of the defeated countries, the castration of several kings, the building of a canal from the river Muna (Arasse) to the land of the ʾAza, and the foundation of the city Argištiḫinili.

Edition:

Access the edition [/ecut/Q007003/] of A 8-2.

Sources:

A 8-2

Concordance:

Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 8-2 (obv.) = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH 112 B 2 (Tab. XXVIII, cast) = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 128 B2 = König (1955-1957): HchI 82 (rev.?) = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 174 B2

Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 8-2 (rev.) = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH 112 B 1 (Tab. XXVI, cast) = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 128 B1 = König (1955-1957): HchI 82 (obv.?) = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 174 B1

A 8-3

Description:

Rock inscription with annalistic account of military campaigns and a curse formula to protect the inscription against damage and destruction. Due to its location, the so-called Horhor cave, the inscription is often referred to by the name "Horhor annals". The beginning of the text is lost, the preserved part consists of eight columns (I–VIII). Provenience: south of Van Kalesi (Mausoleum of Argišti; so-called Horhor cave). It is still in situ.

Edition:

Access the edition [/ecut/Q007004/] of A 8-3.

Sources:

A 8-3

Bibliography:

André-Salvini, Béatrice and Mirjo Salvini (1992): Gli annali di Argišti I, note e collazioni, Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici 30, 1992, 9-23.

Salvini, Mirjo (1995): Geschichte und Kultur der Urartäer, Darmstadt 1995, 57ff.

Concordance:

Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 8-3 = Schulz (II-VIII) = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH 111 (Project) = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 127 = König (1955-1957): HchI 80 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 173

Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 8-3 I = Schulz II = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 127 I = König (1955-1957): HchI 80 § 1-2 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 173 I

A 8-3 II = Schulz III = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 127 II = König (1955-1957): HchI 80 § 2-5 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 173 II

Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 8-3 III = Schulz IV = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 127 III = König (1955-1957): HchI 80 § 5-7 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 173 III

Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 8-3 IV = Schulz V = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 127 IV = König (1955-1957): HchI 80 § 7-10 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 173 IV

Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 8-3 V = Schulz VI = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 127 V = König (1955-1957): HchI 80 § 10-13 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 173 V

Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 8-3 VI = Schulz VII = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 127 VI = König (1955-1957): HchI 80 § 13-14 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 173 VI

Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 8-3 VII = (missing at Schulz) = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 127 VII = König (1955-1957): HchI 80 § 15 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 173VII

Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 8-3 VIII = Schulz VIII = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 127 VIII = König (1955-1957): HchI 80 § 16 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 173 VIII

A 8-4

Description:

Fragment of a stone block reused as a spoil in a house near Van Kalesi, now kept in the Georgian National Museum (Tbilisi). All that remains of the Urartian inscription are the beginnings of 7 lines of a military account.

Edition:

Access the edition [/ecut/Q007005/] of A 8-4.

Sources:

A 8-4

Dimensions:

height: 30 cm; width: 74 cm; depth (left): 42 cm; depth (right): 33 cm; inscription: height: 20 cm; width: 24 cm; height of lines: 2.5-2.8 cm (4 lines = 11 cm)

Concordance:

Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 8-4 = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH 113b (Project) = UPMG 19 (Tab. XXVII, photo of the original) = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 129 a = König (1955-1957): HchI 84 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 175a

A 8-5

Description:

Fragment of a stele with an incomplete military account. It was reused as a spoil in a house near Van Kalesi and is now kept in the Georgian National Museum (Tbilisi). The bottom of the stone is uninscribed (space of about five lines left blank). On contextual grounds it is, however, unlikely that the preceding text is the end of the inscription. The inscription was therefore possibly left unfinished.

Edition:

Access the edition [/ecut/Q007006/] of A 8-5.

Sources:

A 8-5

Dimensions:

height: 33 cm; width: 89 cm; depth: 42 cm; inscription: height: 28 cm; width: 85 cm; height of lines: 2.5-2.8 cm; void space of about 5 lines at the bottom of the stone.

Concordance:

Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 8-5 = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH 113a (project) = UPMG 20 (Tab. XXVII, photo of the original) = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 129b = König (1955-1957): HchI 83 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 175b

A 8-6

Description:

Stele with a military account. Due to abrasion the inscription is only partly illegible. The stele was found in the mountains located above Sarıkamış (area of Kars) and is now kept in the Georgian National Museum (Tbilisi).

Edition:

Access the edition [/ecut/Q007007/] of A 8-6.

Sources:

A 8-6

Dimensions:

height: 103 cm; width: 57 cm; depth: 28.5 cm; height of lines: 3.5 cm

Concordance:

Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 8-6 = Nikol'skij XXI = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH 119 (Projekt) = UPMG 18 (photo in table XXVI) = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 130 = König (1955-1957): HchI 89 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 176

A 8-7

Description:

Rock inscription with a military account. It is still in situ in the canyon of Morevdere (tributary of a tributary of the river Kura) near Ortakent (Hanak/Ardahan).

Edition:

Access the edition [/ecut/Q007008/] of A 8-7.

Sources:

A 8-7

Bibliography:

Dinçol, Ali M. and Belkis Dinçol (1992): Die urartaeische Inschrift aus Hanak (Kars), in: Heinrich Otten et al. (Eds.): Hittite and Other Anatolian and Near Eastern Studies in Honour of S. Alp, Ankara 1992, 109-117.

Salvini, Mirjo (2002): Iran - Teheran, Museo dell'Antico Iran, Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici 44, 2002, 369-371

Salvini, Mirjo (2006): Die Felsinschrift Argišti I. bei Ortakent, Kreis Hanak (Osttürkei), Orientalia 75, 2006, 73-83 (Tab. IV-VIII).

Concordance:

Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 8-7 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 174C

A 8-8

Edition:

Access the edition [/ecut/Q007009/] of A 8-8.

Sources:

A 8-8

Dimensions:

larger fragment: height: 126 cm; width (max.): 106 cm; depth: 90 cm; inscription: height: 22 cm; width: 58.5 cm; height of lines: 3.4-3.5 cm

smaller fragment: height: 38 cm; width (max.): 38 cm; depth: 28 cm

Concordance:

Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 8-8 = Nikol'skij VI = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH 115 (Projekt) = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 131 = König (1955-1957): HchI 85 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 177

A 8-9

Description:

Rock inscription with a military account. Provenience: Karan-Gu (waterway) near Spandarjan (Gulidžan/Qulidjan). It is still in situ.

Edition:

Access the edition [/ecut/Q007010/] of A 8-9.

Sources:

A 8-9

Dimensions:

height: 24 cm; width: 72 cm; height of lines: 3.5 cm

Concordance:

Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 8-9 = Nikol'skij VII = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH 117 (Tab. LX, cast) = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 132 = König (1955-1957): HchI 87 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 178

A 8-10

Description:

Rock inscription with a military account engraved on the smooth volcanic rock face of the Ahurjan canyon (Arpa-çay) in Marmašan (Ganlidža). It is still to be found in situ above the Armenian church of Marmašan.

Edition:

Access the edition [/ecut/Q007011/] of A 8-10.

Sources:

A 8-10

Dimensions:

height: 18.5 cm; width: 80.2 cm; height of lines: 3.5-3.8 cm

Bibliography:

Meščaninov, Ivan Ivanovič (1927): Chaldovedenie. Istorija drevnego Vana vključaja drevnejšie svedenija o Zakavkaz'e. Sistema pis'ma i čtenie klinopisnych tekstov chaldov-urartov (Trudy Obščestva Obsledovanija i Izučenija Azerbajdžana, N° 10), Baku 1927, 206, and photo in the first panel.

Concordance:

Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 8-10 = Nikol'skij V = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH 118 (Project) = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 133 = König (1955-1957): HchI 88 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 179

A 8-11

Description:

Rock inscription with a military account; uncertain spelling and irregular shape. It is engraved in a small rock near Lčašen (area of Lake Sevan) and follows the natural conditions of the rock. Therefore, the inscription is highly irregular. It is still in situ.

Edition:

Access the edition [/ecut/Q007012/] of A 8-11.

Sources:

A 8-11

Dimensions:

height: 32 cm; width (average): 58 cm (l. 1: 55 cm; l. 2: 49 cm; l. 3: 54.5 cm; l. 4: 61 cm; l. 5: 55 cm; l. 6: 49 cm; l. 7: 44 cm; l. 8: 44 cm; l. 9: 43 cm)

Bibliography:

Salvini, Mirjo (2002): The Historical Geography of the Sevan Region in the Urartian Period, in: Biscione, Raffaele, Simon Amajakjan and Neda Parmegiani (Eds.): The North- Eastern Frontier Urartians and Non-Urartians in the Sevan Lake Basin, 1, The Southern Shores. Documenta Asiana 7, Rome 2002, 40-45, with photos in fig. 2.

Concordance:

Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 8-11 = Nikol'skij VIII = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH 116 (Project, in the name of Ordaklu) = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 134 = König (1955-1957): HchI 86 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 180

A 8-12

Description:

Stele/pillar with a military account. It was found in the ancient Armenian fortress of Garni (area of Erevan). It was reused as vyšap.

Edition:

Access the edition [/ecut/Q007013/] of A 8-12.

Sources:

A 8-12

Dimensions:

height: 153 cm; width (level of inscription): 70 cm; width (base): 70 cm; depth: 40-42 cm; void space between the left edge and the inscription: 24 cm; height of the inscription: 29 cm; width of the inscription: 55 cm

Bibliography:

Arakeljan, Babken Nikoġosi and Nikolaj V. Arutjunjan (1966): Urartskaja klinoobraznaja nadpis' iz Garni, Istoriko-Filologičeskij Žurnal 1966/2, 290-297.

Concordance:

Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 8-12 = Melikišvili (1971a): UKN II 386 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 240

A 8-13

Description:

Rock inscription with a military account. The surface shows signs of intentional damage (hammer traces). Provenience: Javankaleh (near Ajabšir). It is still to be found in situ.

Edition:

Access the edition [/ecut/Q007014/] of A 8-13.

Sources:

A 8-13

Bibliography:

Salvini, Mirjo (2005): Urartu. The discovery of two rock inscriptions in Iran and Turkey, Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici 47, 2005, 241-256 (esp. 241-248).

Concordance:

Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 8-13

A 8-14

Description:

Two stone fragments not immediately adjoining with the beginning and the end of a longer inscription. Both were found in a building in Armavir and are now kept in the the Armenian History Museum (Erevan; no. 849 and 850). Except for a few words the text is untranslatable.

Edition:

Access the edition [/ecut/Q007015/] of A 8-14.

Sources:

A 8-14

Dimensions:

stone A: height: 58 cm; width: 86 cm; depth: 48 cm; height of the inscription: 49.5 cm; width of the inscription: 81 cm; height of lines 3.5-4 cm

stone B: height: 63 cm; width: 88 cm; depth: 70 cm; height of the inscription: 49.5 cm; width of the inscription: 83 cm; height of lines: 3.5-4 cm

Concordance:

Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 8-14 = Nikol'skij X, XI = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH 120 (project) = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 142 = König (1955-1957): HchI 98 A, B = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 193

A 8-15

Description:

Rock inscription reporting the construction of a canal to lead waters from Arasse to Armavir and Sardarabar). It is still to be found in situ near Karakala.

Edition:

Access the edition [/ecut/Q007016/] of A 8-15.

Sources:

A 8-15

Dimensions:

height: 37.5 cm; width: 67 cm

Concordance:

Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 8-15 = Nikol'skij XXIV = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH 125 (Project) = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 136 = König (1955-1957): HchI 90 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 187

A 8-16

Description:

Stone block with building inscription (construction of the fortress Argištiḫinili, the construction of four canals and the planting of orchards and vineyards). Provenience: Sardaravad (near Armavir), now kept in the Armenian History Museum (Erevan; no. 857).

Edition:

Access the edition [/ecut/Q007017/] of A 8-16.

Sources:

A 8-16

Dimensions:

stone block: height: 51 cm; width: 87 cm

inscription: height: 46 cm; width: 84 cm

Concordance:

Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 8-16 = Nikol'skij IX = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH 126 (Tab. XXIX, cast) (Project) = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 137 = König (1955-1957): HchI 91 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 188

A 8-17

Description:

Two stone blocks bearing the same building inscription (account of the construction of the fortress/city Eribuni). Provenience: Arin-berd/Erebuni, now kept in the Armenian History Museum (Erevan).

Edition:

Access the edition [/ecut/Q007018/] of A 8-17.

Sources:

A 8-17 A, B

Dimensions:

duplicate A: height of the inscription: 38 cm; width of the inscription: 69 cm; height of lines: 2.8 cm

duplicate B: height of the inscription: 35.5 cm; width of the inscription: 69 cm; height of lines: 2.8 cm

Bibliography:

Oganesjan, Konstantin L. (1951): Izvestija Akademii Nauk Armjanskoj SSR. Obščestvennye Nauki, 1951, 75-88 (with photo and translation by Boris B. Piotrovskij).

Friedrich, Johannes (1955): Neue urartäische Inschriften, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft 105/1, 1955, 53-73 (esp. 71-73).

Concordance:

Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 8-17A = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 138 = König (1955-1957): HchI 91A = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 197

Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 8-17B = Melikišvili (1971a): UKN II 387 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 198

A 8-18

Description:

Stone block with building inscription reporting the construction of a building and the fortress/city Erebuni). Provenience: Arin-berd/Erebuni, now kept in the Museum of Erebuni (Erevan).

Edition:

Access the edition [/ecut/Q007019/] of A 8-18.

Sources:

A 8-18

Dimensions:

stone: height: 60 cm; width 80 cm; depth: 70 cm

square area prepared for the inscription: height: 35.5 cm; width: 59 cm; depth: 4.5 cm

inscription: height: 30 cm; width: 58.5 cm; height of lines: 2.8 cm

Bibliography:

Salvini, Mirjo (1969): Nuove iscrizioni urartee dagli scavi di Arin-berd, nell'Armenia Sovietica, Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici 9, 1969, 7-24 inscr. no. 5 on p. 21 (photo at tab. IIIb).

Arutjunjan, Nikolaj V. and Konstantin L. Oganesjan (1970): Novye urartskie nadpisi iz Erebuni, Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici 1970/3, 107-112, 108, photo at fig. 3.

Concordance:

Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 8-18 = Melikišvili (1971a): UKN II 388 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 200

A 8-19

Description:

Stone block with building inscription (construction of a building and the fortress/city Eribuni). Provenience: Arin-berd/Erebuni, now kept in the Museum of Erebuni (Erevan).

Edition:

Access the edition [/ecut/Q007020/] of A 8-19.

Sources:

A 8-19

Dimensions:

height: 33 cm; width: 59 cm

Bibliography:

Arutjunjan, Nikolaj V. and Konstantin L. Oganesjan (1970): Novye urartskie nadpisi iz Erebuni, Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici 1970/3, 107-112, N° 3 and photo in fig. 4

Salvini, Mirjo (1971): Neues urartäisches Inschriftenmaterial aus sowjetischen Veröffentlichungen, Zeitschrift für Assyrologie 61, 1971, 242-254 (esp. 245 no. 4).

Concordance:

Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 8-19 = Melikišvili (1971a): UKN II 389 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 201

Birgit Christiansen

Birgit Christiansen, 'Stone and Rock Inscriptions A 8-1 - A 8-19', Electronic Corpus of Urartian Texts (eCUT) Project, The eCUT Project, a sub-project of MOCCI, 2024 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Urartianrulersandtheirinscriptions/ArgishtiI,sonofMinuaA8andB8/Inscriptions/StoneandRockInscriptionsA8-1-A8-19/]