Metal Inscriptions
B 5-1
B 5-2
B 5-3
B 5-4
B 5-5
B 5-6
B 5-7
B 5-8
B 5-9
B 5-10
B 5-1
Description:
Bronze object (either a horse's faceplate or a bracer) with proprietary note. Provenience: Karmir-blur, now kept in the Armenian History Museum (Erevan; no. 2783/106).
Edition:
Access the edition [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Q007784/] of B 5-1.
Sources:
Dimensions:
length: 14.7 cm; width (max): 5.8 cm
Bibliography:
Piotrovskij, Boris B. (1954): Urartskie nadpisi iz raskopok Karmir-blura 1952 g., Erevan 1954, 73.
Piotrovskij, Boris B. (1955): Karmir-blur III. Rezul'taty raskopok 1951-1953 gg., Erevan 1955, 43-44 and fig. 33.
Concordance:
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU B 5-1 = Azarpay, Guitty (1968): Urartian Art and Artifacts, Berkeley 1968, 10f, fig. 2 = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 118a = König (1955-1957): HchI 40B = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 172 = Seidl, Ursula (2004): Bronzekunst Urartus, Mainz 2004, 26 (C.19) and tab. 12a.
B 5-2
Description:
Bronze pectoral with proprietary note in the Urartian language. Provenience: area of Van Kalesi, now kept in the Van Museum.
Edition:
Access the edition [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Q007785/] of B 5-2.
Sources:
Dimensions:
height: 18 cm; width: 20.4 cm; depth: 0.1 cm
Bibliography:
Belli, Oktay (1983): Van'da (Tušpa) bulunan Urartu krallarına ait çiviyazılı zırh göğüslükleri, Anadolu Araştırmaları 9, 1983, 361-371.
Seidl, Ursula (2004): Bronzekunst Urartus, Mainz 2004, 28 (C.47), fig. 84b.
B 5-3
Description:
Two fragments of a horse bridle with proprietary note. Provenience: Karmir-blur, now kept in the Armenian History Museum in Erevan (no. 2010/77).
Edition:
Access the edition [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Q007786/] of B 5-3.
Sources:
Dimensions:
Bibliography:
Piotrovskij, Boris B. (1954): Urartskie nadpisi iz raskopok Karmir-blura 1952 g., Erevan 1954, 74 fig. 1.
Concordance:
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU B 5-3 = Piotrovskij, Boris B. (1955): Karmir-blur III. Rezul'taty raskopok 1951-1953 gg., Erevan 1955, p. 43 and 45 fig. 34 (same design) = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 118b = König (1955-1957): HchI 40C = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 169-170 = Seidl, Ursula (2004): Bronzekunst Urartus, Mainz 2004, 27 (C. 26), fig. 75.
B 5-4
Description:
Bronze tag with proprietary note. Provenience: Karmir-blur.
Edition:
Access the edition [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Q007787/]of B 5-4.
Sources:
Dimensions:
Bibliography:
Piotrovskij, Boris B. (1954): Urartskie nadpisi iz raskopok Karmir-blura 1952 g., Erevan 1954, 73.
Concordance:
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU B 5-4 = Piotrovskij, Boris B. (1955): Karmir-blur III. Rezul'taty raskopok 1951-1953 gg., Erevan 1955, 43 = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 118c = König (1955-1957): HchI 40C = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 171 = Seidl, Ursula (2004): Bronzekunst Urartus, Mainz 2004, 29 (C. 52)
B 5-5
Description:
Three bronze cups (A, A1, C) with proprietary note in the Urartian language. Provenience: Karmir Blur. Two cups are kept in the Heremitage in St. Petersburg (no. 17746 and 17747). Two are kept in the Armenian History Museum in Erevan (no. 2010/32/54 and 2010/32/52).
Edition:
Access the edition [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Q007788/]of B 5-5.
Sources:
Dimensions:
diam.: 19/20 cm and 19 cm
Bibliography:
Seidl, Ursula (2004): Bronzekunst Urartus, Mainz 2004, 24 (C.1 - C.4).
Medvedskaja, Inna. N. and Juri Ju. Piotrovskij (2011): Urartskie drevnosti v Gosudarstvennom Ermitaže. Katalog kollekcij, Sankt Peterburg 2011, 953-954.
Concordance:
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU B 5-5Piotrovskij, Boris B. (1951): Klinoobraznye nadpisi na bronzovych čašach iz raskopok na Karmir-blure v 1949 g., EV V, 1951, 111= Melikišvili (1960): UKN 112-117 = König (1955-1957): HchI 40 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 163-168
B 5-6
Description:
Bronze arrowhead with Urartian votive inscription. Provenience: Yukarı Anzaf.
Edition:
Access the edition [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Q007789/] of B 5-6.
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Dimensions:
Bibliography:
Belli, Oktay, Ali M. Dinçol and Beklis Dinçol (2004): Royal Inscriptions on Bronze Artifacts from the Upper Anzaf Fortress at Van, Anatolica XXX, 2004, 5, 12.
B 5-7
Description:
Rectangular bronze tag with votive inscription in the Urartian language on one side; Provenience: Yukarı Anzaf, now kept in the Museum of Van.
Edition:
Access the edition [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Q007790/] of B 5-7.
Sources:
Dimensions:
width: 5 cm; height: 3.7 cm; average thickness: 2 mm
Bibliography:
Belli, Oktay, Ali M. Dinçol and Beklis Dinçol (2004): Royal Inscriptions on Bronze Artifacts from the Upper Anzaf Fortress at Van, Anatolica XXX, 2004, 4-5, 10.
B 5-8
Description:
Bronze helmet with proprietary note. Provenience: Burmageçit (Tunceli), now kept in the Museum of Elazığ (no. 85 TMKC.1-72)
Edition:
Access the edition [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Q007791/] of B 5-8.
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Dimensions:
height: 31.5 cm; diam.: 0.1 cm
Bibliography:
Belli, Oktay (1993): Der beschriftete Bronzehelm des Königs Menua aus der Festung Burmageçit bei Tunceli. In: Machteld J. Mellink – Edith Porada – Tahsin Özgüç (eds.), Aspects of Art and Iconography: Anatolia and its Neighbors. Studies in Honor of Nimet Özgüç, Ankara 1993, 61-67.
Seidl, Ursula (2004): Bronzekunst Urartus, Mainz 2004, 25 (C.12)
B 5-9
Description:
Bronze candelabrum with votive inscription for the god Ḫaldi in the Urartian language. Provenience: temple of Aznavurtepe (Patnos), now kept im the Israel Museum (nr. 72.13.173), Jerusalem.
Edition:
Access the edition [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Q007792/] of B 5-9.
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Dimensions:
height: 178 cm; diam.: 10.8 cm
Bibliography:
Salvini, Mirjo (1991): Una nuova iscrizione urartea, Orientalia 60, 1991, 344-346 (Tab. CVII).
Seidl, Ursula (2004): Bronzekunst Urartus, Mainz 2004, 25 (C.11), Tab. 3.
B 5-10
Description:
Bronze tag with inscription in the Urartian language (filling of a granary). It was sold on the antique market of London, its provenience is unknown. Current location: Heremitage of St. Petersburg.
Edition:
Access the edition [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Q007793/] of B 5-10.
Sources:
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/minuasonofipuinia5andb5/inscriptions/metalinscriptions/]
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