Metal Inscriptions
B 3-1
B 3-1
Description:
Decorated bronze shield with depictions of Urartian gods in a fighting scene and a dedicatory inscription for the god Ḫaldi in the Urartian language. The inscription is engraved between two curbs on the outside of the shield. Provenience: Yukarı Anzaf, now kept in the Museum of Van (no. 1.4.2003).
Edition:
Access the edition [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Q007780/] of B 3-1.
Sources:
Dimensions:
original diam.: ca. 100 cm
main fragment: length: 78 cm; width: 18 cm; depth: 3.5 mm
Bibliography:
Belli, Oktay (1998): Anzaf kaleleri ve Urartu tanrıları, Istanbul 1998, 71 fig. 30; 75 fig. 31; 104 fig. 17.
Belli, Oktay (1999): The Anzaf Fortresses and the Gods of Urartu, Istanbul 1999, 64 fig. 30; 67 fig. 31 (english version of the previous).
Seidl, Ursula (2004): Bronzekunst Urartus, Mainz 2004, 23, 85 fig. 48.
Birgit Christiansen, 'Metal Inscriptions', Electronic Corpus of Urartian Texts (eCUT) Project, The eCUT Project, a sub-project of MOCCI, 2020 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/urartianrulersandtheirinscriptions/ipuiniandminuaa3andb3/metalinscriptions/]
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