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Stone and Rock Inscriptions
A 11-1 A 11-2 A 11-3 A 11-4 A 11-5 A 11-6 A 11-7 A 11-8
Map showing the distribution of the stone inscriptions of Argišti II, son of Rusa, in: Mirjo Salvini, CTU I: 534 .
A 11-1
Description:
- The upper part of a stele was first reused by the Armenians as a
hačkar. Afterwards it was horizontally inserted in front of
the mosque of Çelebibağı (near Erciş). The front is barely leggible
because of the transformation into a hačkar. The stele is now
kept in the Van Museum.
Edition:
- Access the edition [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Q007092/] of A 11-1.
Sources:
- A 11-1
Dimensions:
- height: 167 cm; width: 67 cm; depth: 35 cm; height of lines: 3.4 cm
Bibliography:
- Salvini, Mirjo (2010): Die Stele Argišti's II. aus Çelebibağı bei Erciş. Kollationen und Ergänzungen, Hethitica XVI (Studia Anatolica Erich Neu dicata), Louvain la Neuve 2010, 151-174.
- Salvini, Mirjo (2010): L'altra faccia della stele, Orientalia 79, 2010, 120-129. (Tab. XII-XX).
Concordance:
- Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 11-1 = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH 148 (Project) = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 275 = König (1955-1957): HchI 125 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 407
A 11-2
Description:
- The stele which was found in Hagi (near Erciş) is today
lost. Casts of it made by Lehmann and Haupt are kept in the
Vorderasiatisches Museum (Berlin). They show that the stele was broken
at the time of its discovery.
Edition:
- Access the edition [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/ Q007093/] of A 11-2.
Sources:
- A 11-2
Bibliography:
- Arutjunjan, Nikolaj V. (1978): K interpretacii urartskoj nadpisi iz Hagi, Drevnij Vostok 3, 1978, 153-167.
Concordance:
- Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 11-2 = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH 149 (photo of the cast at tab. XXXIX) = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 276 = König (1955-1957): HchI 124 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 406
A 11-3
Description:
- Stele; transformed into a hačkar, reused in the church of
Thanahat (near Arevis). The lower part is mutilated. The object is now kept in the Museum of Erebuni (Erevan).
Edition:
- Access the edition [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/ Q007094/] of A 11-3.
Sources:
- A 11-3
Dimensions:
- height: 118 cm; width: 53 cm; depth: 20.5 cm; height of lines: 4 cm
Bibliography:
- Arutjunjan, Nikolaj V. (1982): La nouvelle inscription ourartéenne découverte en Arménie soviétique, in: Horst Klengel (ed.): Gesellschaft und Kultur im alten Vorderasien (Schriften zur Geschichte und Kultur des alten Orients 15), Berlin 1982, 89-93.
- Gajserjan, Vagan (1985): Sisianskaja nadpis' Argišti II, Vestnik obščestvennych nauk Armjanskoj Akademii Nauk 1985, N° 6, Erevan, 67-79 (Armenian with summary in Russian).
- Salvini, Mirjo (2009): Die Ausdehnung des Reiches Urartu unter Argišti II. (713 - ca. 685 v. Chr.), in: Caucasian and Near Eastern Studies, XIII (Ivane Javakhishvili Institute of History and Ethnology).
- Tatišvili Irene, Manana Hvedelidz and Levan Gordeziani (eds.): Giorgi Melikishvili memorial volume, Tbilisi 2009, 203-227.
Concordance:
- Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 11-3 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 411
A 11-4
Description:
- Rock inscription which is still in situ at Razliq (near Sarab).
Edition:
- Access the edition [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/ Q007095/] of A 11-4.
Sources:
- A 11-4
Dimensions:
- height: 85 cm; width: 110 cm; height of lines: 4.5 cm
Bibliography:
- Benedict, Warren C. (1965): Two Urartian Inscriptions from Azerbaidjan, Journal of Cuneiform Studies 19, 1965, 35-40.
- André-Salvini, Béatrice and Mirjo Salvini (1999): The Urartian Rock Inscriptions of Razliq and Našteban (East Azerbaijan, Iran), Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici 41, 1999, 17-32.
- Rasul Bashash Khanzaq, Raffaele Biscione, Alireza R. Hejebri-Nobari and Mirjo Salvini (2001): Haldi's Garrison – Haldi's Protection. The newly Found Rock Inscription of Argišti II in Shisheh, near Ahar / East Azerbaijan, Iran), Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici 43, 2001, 36.
Concordance:
- Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 11-4 = Melikišvili (1971a): UKN II 445 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 409
A 11-5
Description:
- Rock inscription. It is still in situ at Našteban.
Edition:
- Access the edition [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/ Q007096/] of A 11-5.
Sources:
- A 11-5
Dimensions:
- height: 64.5 cm; width (base): 112 cm; height of lines: 5-6 cm
Bibliography:
- Benedict, Warren C. (1965): Two Urartian Inscriptions from Azerbaidjan, Journal of Cuneiform Studies 19, 1965, 35-40.
- André-Salvini, Béatrice and Mirjo Salvini (1999): The Urartian Rock Inscriptions of Razliq and Našteban (East Azerbaijan, Iran), Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici 41, 1999, 17-32.
Concordance:
- Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 11-5 = Melikišvili (1971a): UKN II 446 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 410
A 11-6
Description:
- Rock inscription situated on a mountain above the village of
Shisheh. The central part of the text is heavily damaged due to weathering.
Edition:
- Access the edition [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/ Q007097/] of A 11-6.
Sources:
- A 11-6
Dimensions:
- height: 85 cm; width: 141 cm
Bibliography:
- Rasul Bashash Khanzaq, Raffaele Biscione, Alireza R. Hejebri-Nobari and Mirjo Salvini (2001): Haldi's Garrison – Haldi's Protection. The newly Found Rock Inscription of Argišti II in Shisheh, near Ahar / East Azerbaijan, Iran), Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici 43, 2001, 25-37.
Concordance:
- Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 11-6
A 11-7
Description:
- Stone block from the garden-city of Van; part of an archery. Today it is lost.
Edition:
- Access the edition [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Q007098/] of A 11-7.
Sources:
- A 11-7
Dimensions:
- height: 51 cm; width: 23 cm; depth: 10 cm
Bibliography:
- Lehmann-Haupt, Carl Friedrich: Zwei unveröffentlichte chaldische Inschriften, 1. Die Inschrift von Haykavank, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft 58, 1904, 815-817, with photo on page 815.
Concordance:
- Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 11-7 = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH 150 (Project) = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 277 = König (1955-1957): HchI 123 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 408
A 11-8
Description:
- The basalt stele was found in the village of Bulutpınarı (near
Patnos) together with its pedestal. It was reused as a hačkar in an Armenian cemetery. The stele and the inscription on it are in very good condition except of the top part, which was voluntarily chopped.
Edition:
- Access the edition [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Q007099/] of A 11-8.
Sources:
- A 11-8
Dimensions:
- obv.: height of the stele: 150 cm; height of the pedestal: 45.5 cm; total height: 195.5 cm; width of the pedestal (top): 36 cm; width of the pedestal (bottom): 33 cm; depth of the pedestal (top): 25.5 cm; depth of the pedestal (bottom): 19 cm; recess on each side of the pedestal: 8 cm; height of the inscription: 122.5 cm; width of the inscribed surface: 52 cm; depth of the stele: 30 cm; height of lines: 5 cm
- rev.: height of the stele: 138 cm; height of the pedestal: 43 cm; total height: 181 cm; width of the inscribed surface: 51 cm; height of lines: 5 cm
Bibliography:
- Çavuşoğlu, Rafet, Kenan Işık and Mirjo Salvini (2010): New Urartian Inscriptions From the Region of Patnos, East Turkey, Orientalia 79, 2010, 36-54.
Concordance:
- Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU A 11-8
Birgit Christiansen
Birgit Christiansen, 'Stone and Rock Inscriptions', Electronic Corpus of Urartian Texts (eCUT) Project, The eCUT Project, a sub-project of MOCCI, 2020 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/urartianrulersandtheirinscriptions/argitiiisonofrusaa11andb11/stoneandrockinscriptions/]