Stone and Rock Inscriptions A 9-1 - A 9-19
A 9-1
A 9-2
A 9-3
A 9-4
A 9-5
A 9-6
A 9-7
A 9-8
A 9-9
A 9-10
A 9-11
A 9-12
A 9-13
A 9-14
A 9-15
A 9-16
A 9-17
A 9-18
A 9-19
A 9-1
Description:
Stele with annalistic account of military campaigns and
inscription of cultic content; vertically cut into two pieces. The
stele was reused in the church of Surb Poģos (Van). Originally, it was
located at Hazine Kapısı, now it is kept in the Van Museum (no. 34.2.1). Casts are preserved in the Vorderasiatisches Museum (Berlin).
Edition:
Access the edition [/ecut/Q007046/] of A 9-1.
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Dimensions:
fragment A: height: 94 cm; width: 36 cm; height of lines: 2.94 cm
fragment B: height: 80 cm; width: 36 cm; depth: 37 cm
Bibliography:
Salvini, Mirjo (1995): Geschichte und Kultur der Urartäer, Darmstadt 1995, 63-78, 144 fig. 5
Bachmann, Walter (1913): Kirchen und Moscheen in Armenien und Kurdistan, Leipzig 1913, tab. 27.
Salvini, Mirjo (2010): Contributo alla ricostruzione del monumento epigrafico degli Annali di Sarduri II, re d'Urartu, Fs. Werner Mayer, Quaderni di Vicino Oriente V, 2010, 343-352.
Concordance:
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 9-1 = Schulz XXXVIII (obv. only, right section) = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH 129 (Tab. XXX-XXXI, casts) = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 156 = König (1955-1957): HchI 102 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 242
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 9-1 (obv.) = Schulz XXXVIII (obv.; right section) = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH 129 a I, a II (Tab. XXX, two casts of the two vertical halves) = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 156 AII+AI = König (1955-1957): HchI 102 (rev.) = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 242 AII+AI
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 9-1 (right side) = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH 129 c (Tab. XXXI, cast) = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 156 C = König (1955-1957): HchI 102 lk. S. = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 242 C (+ Tab. 102)
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 9-1 (rev.) = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH 129 b I (Tab. XXX, cast) = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 156 BI (photo 43: cast of the Georgian National Museum [Tbilisi]) = König (1955-1957): HchI 102 (obv.) = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 242 BI.
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 9-1 (left side) = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH 129 d II, d 1 (Tab. XXXI, casts) = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 156 DI+DII = König (1955-1957): HchI 102 r. S. = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 242 DI+DII (+ tab. CXI). Collation on Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH Tab. XXXI
A 9-2
Description:
Fragment of a stele with annalistic account of military campaigns. Provenience: unknown. Today it is kept in the Van Museum (no. 13.1.96).
Edition:
Access the edition [/ecut/Q007047/] of A 9-2.
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Dimensions:
height (max.): 28 cm; width: 27 cm (obv.); 30 cm (rev.); 37 cm (left); height of lines: 3 cm
Concordance:
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 9-2
A 9-3
Description:
Stele with annalistic account of military campaigns (Puluadi) and
building projects (Eria). Unfortunately, the inscription is only badly
preserved. Provenience: the complex of Hazine Kapısı (Analı Kız) in Van Kalesi. It is still in situ.
A 9-3 I: richt rock niche, left wall at the top
A 9-3 V: front side of the black basalt base
A 9-3 VI: back wall of the right niche
Edition:
Access the edition [/ecut/Q007048/] of A 9-3.
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Dimensions:
square base: width: 1.56 m; depth: 1.56 m; height: 1.08 m
stele: height: 2.27 m; width: 1 m; depth: 0.46 m
Bibliography:
Salvini, Mirjo (1995): Geschichte und Kultur der Urartäer, Darmstadt 1995, 63-78, 144 fig. 5
Marr, Nikolaj Jakovlevič and Iosif Abgarovič Orbeli (1922): Archeologičeskaja ekspedicija 1916 goda v Van. Raskopki dvuch niš na Vanskoj Skale i nadpisi Sardura vtorogo iz raskopok zapadnoj niši, Petersburg 1922.
Concordance:
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 9-3 = Schulz XII (A 9-3 I) = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH 132 A and B = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 155 = König (1955-1957): HchI 103 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 241
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 9-3 I = Schulz XII = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH 132A (Tab. XXXII, cast) = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 155 A = König (1955-1957): HchI 103, § 16 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 241A
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 9-3 II = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH 132 A (Taf. XXXIV, photo of the original [Marr-Orbeli]; tab. XI) = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 155 C = König (1955-1957): HchI 103, § 3-5 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 241 C
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 9-3 III = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH 132 A (Tab. XXXV, photo of the original [Marr-Orbeli] Tab. XII) = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 155 D = König (1955-1957): HchI 103, § 11-12 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 241 D
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 9-3 IV = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH 132 A (Tab. XXXV, photo of the original [Marr-Orbeli] Tab. XII) = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 155 E = König (1955-1957): HchI 103, § 8-9 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 241E. I.I. Meščaninov, Chaldovedenie, Baku 1927, 211 f. and photo in the last panel.
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 9-3 V = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH 132 A (Tab. XXXIV, photo of the original [Marr-Orbeli] Tab. XI) = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 155 B = König (1955-1957): HchI 103 § 14 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 241 B
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 9-3 VI = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH 132 A (Tab. XXXVI, photo of the original [Marr-Orbeli] Tab. XIII) = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 155 F = König (1955-1957): HchI 103 § 15 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 241 F
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 9-3 VII = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH 132 B (Tab. XXXVII, photo of the original [Marr-Orbeli] Tab. XIV) = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 155 G = König (1955-1957): HchI 103 A = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 241 G
A 9-4
Description:
Rock inscription with annalistic account of military campaigns. It
is from Habıbşuaği (near Kömürhan). For many years, it was submerged in the Karakaya reservoir. A cast of the inscription is kept in the Malatya Museum (Malatya).
Edition:
Access the edition [/ecut/Q007049/] of A 9-4.
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Bibliography:
van Loon, Maurits Nanning (1974): The Euphrates mentioned by Sarduri II of Urartu, in: Bittel, Kurt, Ph. H. J. Houwink ten Cate, Erica Reiner (Eds.): Anatolian Studies Presented to Hans Gustav Güterbock on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday, Istanbul 1974, 187-194.
Concordance:
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 9-4 = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH Projekt 133 = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 158 = König (1955-1957): HchI 104 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 244
A 9-5
Description:
Rock inscription with annalistic account of military campaigns located at Taşköprü (area of Lake Çıldır).
Edition:
Access the edition [/ecut/Q007050/] of A 9-5.
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Dimensions:
height: 26.5 cm; width: 82.5 cm
Bibliography:
Meščaninov, Ivan Ivanovič (1931-32): Neue chaldische Inschriften. II. Die Inschrift Sardurs III. in Daš-kerpi, Archiv für Orientforschung VI, 1931-1932, 160-164 (162: illegible photos and autograph).
Salvini, Mirjo (1992): Il segno LIŠ nel cuneiforme urarteo, Orientalia 61, 1992, 100-101 (Tab. 6).
Concordance:
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 9-5 = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH Projekt 138A = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 159 = König (1955-1957): HchI 108 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 248
A 9-6
Description:
Rock inscription with annalistic account of military campaigns. Provenience: Vardadzor/Adamhan/Kolagran. It was detached from the rock. Now it is kept in the Georgian National Museum (Tbilisi).
Edition:
Access the edition [/ecut/Q007051/] of A 9-6.
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Dimensions:
height: 31 cm; width: 70 cm; height of lines: 3.8-4 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, 37-60; esp. 45-48 and fig. 3.
Concordance:
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 9-6 = Nikol'skij XVI = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH Projekt 135 = UPMG 21 (Tab. XXVIII, photo of the original) = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 160 = König (1955-1957): HchI 106 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 249
A 9-7
Description:
Rock inscription with annalistic account of military campaigns;
made with little care on a spot located in Tsovak which is difficult to access.
Edition:
Access the edition [/ecut/Q007052/] of A 9-7.
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Dimensions:
height: 40 cm; width: 80 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, 37-60; esp. 48-49 and fig. 4.
Concordance:
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 9-7 = Nikol'skij XV = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH 134 Projekt (Tab. LIII, cast) = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 161 = König (1955-1957): HchI 105 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 250
A 9-8
Description:
Rock inscription with annalistic account of military campaigns. The inscription is on the side of the hill, on which the pre-urartian fortress of Libliuni is located. Its location is Saghandel/Seqendel.
Edition:
Access the edition [/ecut/Q007053/] of A 9-8.
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Dimensions:
niche: height: 68 cm; width: 115 cm; height of the inscription: 44 cm; width of the inscription: 110 cm
Bibliography:
Salvini, Mirjo (1982): Die Felsinschrift Sarduris II. in Seqendel (Libliuni), Archäologische Mitteilungen aus Iran 15, 1982, 97-100. Tab. 15.
Salvini, Mirjo (1981): Utočnenie dvuch urartskich nadpisej v Iranskom Azerbaid¢ane (= Collazione di due iscrizioni [rupestri] urartee nell'Azerbaigian iranico), Drevnij Vostok i mirovaja kul'tura (Studi in onore di B.B. Piotrovskij), Moskva 1981, 69-73, 160-166.
Concordance:
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 9-8 = Melikišvili (1971a): UKN II 417 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 245
A 9-9
Description:
Rock with building inscription (construction of a canal). It is located in Ortadamla/Patnos.
Edition:
Access the edition [/ecut/Q007054/] of A 9-9.
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Bibliography:
Çavuşoğlu, Rafet and Mirjio Salvini (2003): The Urartian Rock Inscription of Damla Köy, Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici 45, 2003, 185-190.
Concordance:
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 9-9
A 9-10
Description:
Rock inscription with annalistic account of military campaigns located in Karataş (near Erciş).
Edition:
Access the edition [/ecut/Q007055/] of A 9-10.
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Dimensions:
niche: height: 53 cm; width: 110 cm; depth (bottom): 20-22 cm; depth (top): 16-17 cm; height of the inscription: 47 cm
Bibliography:
Salvini, Mirjo (1993): Le iscrizioni di Sarduri II a Karataş, Orientalia 62, 1993, 71-79 (Tab. I-II).
Concordance:
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 9-10 = Schulz XLI = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH Projekt 130 = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 168 = König (1955-1957): HchI 109 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 274
A 9-11
Description:
Rock inscription with account of building project (planting of a
vineyard) located in Karataş (near Erciş).
Edition:
Access the edition [/ecut/Q007056/] of A 9-11.
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Dimensions:
niche: height: 50 cm; width: 110 cm; depth (bottom) 19 cm; depth (top): 17 cm; height of the inscription: 45 cm
Bibliography:
Salvini, Mirjo (1993): Le iscrizioni di Sarduri II a Karataş, Orientalia 62, 1993, 71-79 (Tab. I-II).
Concordance:
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 9-11 = Schulz XL = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH Projekt 131 = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 167 = König (1955-1957): HchI 110 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 273
A 9-12
Description:
Incomplete preserved inscription with account of building projects
(construction work related to the city of Haldi and the planting of a
vineyard) on two contiguous stone blocks. One or two further stone blocks are missing at the top and the bottom. Provenience: Armavir, now kept in the Armenian History Museum (Erevan).
Edition:
Access the edition [/ecut/Q007057/] of A 9-12.
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Dimensions:
height: 41 cm; width: 61 cm + 37 cm; depth: 63cm; height of the inscription: 32.2 cm; width of the inscription: 61 cm; height of lines: 3.5-4 cm
Concordance:
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 9-12 = Nikol'skij XIV = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH Projekt 141 = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 172 = König (1955-1957): HchI 116 a+b = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 278
A 9-13
Description:
Well preserved building inscription on a black basalt block. Provenience: Armavir, now kept in the Armenian History Museum (Erevan; no. 851).
Edition:
Access the edition [/ecut/Q007058/] of A 9-13.
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Dimensions:
height: 116 cm; width: 79 cm; depth: 32 cm; height of the inscription: 106 cm; width of the inscription: 76.5 cm; height of lines: 3.5-4 cm; void space above the inscription: 2.5 cm; void space below the inscription: 8 cm
Bibliography:
Martirosjan, Harowt̕yown Artašesi (1974): Argištichinili, Archeologičeskie Pamjatniki Armenii 8 (Urartskie Pamjatniki I), Erevan 1974, Tab. XII (photo).
Concordance:
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 9-13 = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH Projekt 139 = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 169 = König (1955-1957): HchI 117 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 275
A 9-14
Description:
Fragmentary preserved stone block with building inscription
(construction of an unspecified building). The beginning of the text
was presumably inscribed on the façade to the right of the entrance of
a temple. The stone block with the continuation of the text was probably situated on its right. Provenience: Džanfida (near Sardarabat).
Edition:
Access the edition [/ecut/Q007059/] of A 9-14.
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Dimensions:
height of the inscription: 42 cm; width of the inscription: 55 cm
Bibliography:
Martirosjan, Harowt̕yown Artašesi (1974): Argištichinili, Archeologičeskie Pamjatniki Armenii 8 (Urartskie Pamjatniki I), Erevan 1974, table XIII. (photo)
Concordance:
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 9-14 = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH 142A Project (no. 129) = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 170 = König (1955-1957): HchI 115 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 276
A 9-15
Description:
Stone block with building inscription (construction of a gate for the god Ḫaldi). Around the inscription is a rectangular frame. Provenience: Armavir. Today it is kept in the Armenian History Museum (Erevan).
Edition:
Access the edition [/ecut/Q007060/] of A 9-15.
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Dimensions:
height: 74 cm; width: 80 cm; height of lines: 4-4.6 cm
Bibliography:
Martirosjan, Harowt̕yown Artašesi (1974): Argištichinili, Archeologičeskie Pamjatniki Armenii 8 (Urartskie Pamjatniki I), Erevan 1974, (photo).
Concordance:
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 9-15 = Nikol'skij XII = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH Projekt 142 = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 165 = König (1955-1957): HchI 113 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 269
A 9-16
Description:
Stone block with building inscription (construction of a susi-temple and a gate for the god Ḫaldi) and annalistic account of military campaigns. Provenience: Dafti-Blur/Argištiḫinili, now kept in the Armenian History Museum (Erevan).
Edition:
Access the edition [/ecut/Q007061/] of A 9-16.
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Dimensions:
height: 38.5 cm; width: 78.5 cm; depth: 41 cm; height of lines: 3.5-3.7 cm
Bibliography:
Arutjunjan, Nikolaj V. (1966): Novaja urartskaja nadpis' iz Davti-blura, Vestnik Drevnej Istorii 1966/3, 91-105.
Martirosjan, Harowt̕yown Artašesi (1974): Argištichinili, Archeologičeskie Pamjatniki Armenii 8 (Urartskie Pamjatniki I), Erevan 1974, tab. VIII (photo).
Concordance:
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 9-16 = Melikišvili (1971a): UKN II 418 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 271
A 9-17
Description:
Two of three basalt blocks with account of building projects (construction of a susi-temple for the god Irmušini, a temple for the god Ḫaldi, a fortress and the settlement Sardurḫinili including its agricultural infrastructure [vineyards and grainfields]) are preserved. Originally, they were located to the left of the entrance of the temple. Provenience: Çavuştepe.
Edition:
Access the edition [/ecut/Q007062/] of A 9-17.
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Dimensions:
height: 30.5-31 cm; width: 49.2 cm (left) and 70.5 cm (right)
Concordance:
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 9-17 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 247
A 9-18
Description:
Incomplete slab with building inscription (construction of a susi-temple for the god Ḫaldi and the fortress Sardurḫinili) and account of administrative organisation. Provenience: Bahçecik, now kept in the Museum of Elazığ.
Edition:
Access the edition [/ecut/Q007063/] of A 9-18.
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Dimensions:
height: 59 cm; width: 90 cm; depth: 30 cm
Bibliography:
Payne, Margaret R. and Veli Sevin (2001): A New Urartian Inscription from Elazığ/Bahçecik, Eastern Turkey, Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici 43, 2001, 111-119.
Concordance:
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 9-18
A 9-19
Description:
Slab with building inscription (construction of a barzidib(i)duni-building and filling of two granaries [ʾari]). Provenience: Armarvir.
Edition:
Access the edition [/ecut/Q007064/] of A 9-19.
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Dimensions:
height: 50.5 cm; width: 34.2 cm; depth: 8 cm; height of the inscription: 45.5 cm; width of the inscription: 33.5 cm; height of lines: 3 cm
Bibliography:
Amajakjan, Simon G. (1989): Nor urartakan ardzanagrut'jun armavir'c / Novaja urartskaja nadpis' iz Armavira, Naučnaja sessija posvjaščennaja itogam polevych archeologičeskich issledovanij v Armjanskoj SSR (1987-88 gg.), Tezisy Dokladov, Erevan 1989, 50-51/210-211.
Amajakjan, Simon G. (1999): Urartskaja klinoobraznaja nadpis' iz Armavira, Istoriko-Filologičeskij Žurnal, 1999/1, 269-274
Salvini, Mirjo (1998): I granai delle città urartee, Eothen 9 (Studi e Testi I), Florence 1998, 131-149, esp. 132.
Concordance:
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 9-19 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 278a
Birgit Christiansen, 'Stone and Rock Inscriptions A 9-1 - A 9-19', Electronic Corpus of Urartian Texts (eCUT) Project, The eCUT Project, a sub-project of MOCCI, 2024 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Urartianrulersandtheirinscriptions/SarduriII,sonofArgishtiIA9andB9/StoneandRockInscriptions/StoneandRockInscriptionsA9-1-A9-19/]
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