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Title: The Newly Found Urartian Inscriptions of Sarab and KURgír-du-ni
Author(s): DARA, Maryam
Journal: Anatolica
Volume: 48    Date: 2022   
Pages: 49-59
DOI: 10.2143/ANA.48.0.3291913

Abstract :
Urartians ruled over the regions around Lakes Van, Çildir, Sevan and Urmia from ca. 9th to 7th centuries BC. They left several stone and rock inscriptions in northwestern Iran. Two rock inscriptions at Razliq and Nashteban, Sarab, Northeastern Azerbaijan province, from Argišti II’s reign, were previously published and recently a broken inscribed stone block was discovered at the foot of the ruins of a stone wall close to Razliq. The text is not complete and the name of the ruling king is missing but KURgír-du-ni is mentioned in its text – like in Razliq and Nashteban inscriptions where Argišti II mentioned his victory in KURgír-du-ni. It is the aim of this article to translate and propose the possible reconstruction of the missing parts of the newly discovered inscription and to compare this inscription with the similar texts. Because of the damages of the stone block there are two possibilities: either KURgír-du-ni was a significant close region that was conquered by the king or the construction mentioned in the inscription was built in KURgír-du-ni.

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