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eCUT A 05-009 (Q006907)
Royal stone inscription, 9th/8th century, Van · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | eCUT A 05-009 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006907 |
| Museum no. | 34.6.1 |
| Collection | Van Museum, Van, Turkey |
| Language | Urartian |
| Period | 9th/8th century · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal stone inscription |
| Find spot | Van |
| Coordinates | 38.4942, 43.3800 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
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| 1 | {[d}hal-di-ni uš-ta]-⸢bi⸣ ma-⸢si⸣-ni {giš}šu₂-ri-e ka-ru-[ni] {⸢kur⸣}x-[x-x {d}hal-di] | For the god Ḫaldi he set up his chariot, he ... the Ekur. |
| 2 | [ku-ru-ni {d}hal-di]-ni {giš}šu₂-ri-i ku-ru-ni {d}hal-di-ni-ni ⸢uš⸣-[ma-ši-ni] | He set up a scepter for the god Ḫaldi, he set up an ešušema-priest for the (god-)Ḫalti. |
| 3 | [uš-ta-bi] {m}mi₃-nu-a-ni {m}iš-pu-u₂-i-ni-hi u₂-lu-⸢uš⸣-[ta-bi] | It is the first time that Minua and Išpuini have entered. |
| 4 | {[d}hal-di]-ni {m}mi₃-nu-a-še a-li-e a-ma-aš₂-tu₂-bi KUR-⸢ni-e⸣ | For the god Ḫaldi Minuaše, his (or, resp. the) Lord, his word he conquered. |
| 5 | [x x {kur]}ma-na-ni {kur}ba-ba-na-a-hi GAR-bi i-ku-ka-ni MU | the lands Manani (and) Banaḫi he conquered. |
| 6 | [x x x]-du-bi e-hi-ni-ni KUR-ni-ni {uru}qa-li-bi-li-a-ni | ... he conquered, his land Qalibilia |
| 7 | [x x] x-i hu-bi {uru}ar-pu-i-a-ni {kur}u₂-su-su-a-ni-ni | ... he conquered the land Arpuia and the land Ususua |
| 8 | [x x]-⸢i⸣-ni {uru}hu-ul-me-e-ru-u₂-ni {m}tu₂-u₂-šu₂-ri-e-hi | -ei-ēni of the city Ḫulmēru, Tušuriḫi |
| 9 | [x x] i-ša₂-ni ap-ti-ni {kur}mar-ma-a-ni {uru}e-ru-u₂-ni | ... he is, he opened his mouth to the land Marmani and he smote it. |
| 10 | [x x x]-⸢ul⸣-hi {uru}qi-ir-pu-nu-ni {kur}u₂-li-ba-a-ni ha-u₂-bi | ... he conquered the city Qirpunu and the land Uliba. |
| 11 | [x x] x-u₂-ni a-ma-aš₂-tu₂-bi {kur}di-ir-gu-u₂-ni {uru}i-ša₂-la-a-ni | ... his ..., his word, the land of Dirgu, his city Išala |
| 12 | [x x x] x-hi-ni-e-i ha-u₂-bi KUR-ni-i a-ma-aš₂-tu₂-bi ku-ṭu-bi pa-ri | ... he conquered, his land he abandoned, his property he took away. |
| 13 | [x x i-na]-ni ap-ti-i-ni {uru}qu-me-nu-u₂-ni pa-ri {kur}a-šu₂-ri-i-ni | ... he opened for me, he conquered the territory of Assyria |
| 14 | [x LIM x] ME 55 {lu₂}ta-ar-šu₂-a-ni MU a-li-ki₄ za-aš₂-gu-bi a-li-⸢ki₄⸣ | x thousand x hundred fifty-five prisoners of war from the year: “Ali-ki, Zašgubi, Ali-ki-e.’ |
| 15 | [TI{meš} a]-⸢gu⸣-bi a-li ʾa-še ma-nu a-ru-bi {lu₂}hu-ra-di-na-u₂-[e{meš]} | Its awe-inspiring radiance, where is the alaše-plant? Its arūtu-plant the Huradinaeans |
| o | ||
| 1 | {[d}hal-di]-ni-ni uš-ma-ši-ni {m}mi₃-nu-a-še {m}iš-pu-u₂-i-ni-[hi-ni-še] | Through the protection of the god Ḫaldi Minua and Išpuini |
| 2 | [a-li-e] i-u₂ tu₂-šu₂-ha-a-ni {kur}ma-a-na-a-i-di uš-ta-a-⸢di⸣ | When he had returned, he went up to the land Mana. |
| 3 | {[kur}e-ba]-a-ni a-tu₂-u₂-bi a-ma-aš₂-tu₂-u₂-bi i-ku-u₂-ka-a-ni | the land of Ebani, its water and its food offerings he ate |
| 4 | [ša₂-a-li]-e {lu₂}hu-ra-di-ni-li{meš} ki₄-da-nu-u₂-li ha-a-i-tu₂-u₂ | The king, my lord, should know (this). |
| 5 | [x-x-x] ⸢e⸣-hi-ni-ni KUR-ni-ni {uru}šu₂-ri-ši-li-ni {uru}tar-hi-ga-ma-a-ni | ... eḫīni, his land Šurišilini, Ṭāri-gamani |
| 6 | {[uru}x]-ṭu-ra-a-ni {m}ša₂-da-ʾa-li-e-hi-ni da-a-ni ap-ti-i-ni | the city X-tburani (and) Ša-dala-li-eḫini the judge opened |
| 7 | [x-x-x]-li-e-i {na₄}qar-bi-e {kur}ha-ti-na-aš₂-ta-a-ni ap-ti-ni | I opened up the ... of the qarbi stone of the land Ḫatinašta |
| 8 | [x-x-x]-u₂-e {kur}al-zi-i-ni-ni 2 LIM 1 ME 13 {lu₂}ta-ar-šu₂-a-ni | ... of the land Alzini, 213 people |
| 9 | [ša₂-a-li]-e a-li-ki₄ za-aš₂-gu-u₂-bi a-li-ki₄ TI{meš} a-gu-u₂-bi | (As for) the one who removes this inscription, (as for the one) who restores the life of that inscription |
| 10 | [ʾa-še]-e a-li ma-a-nu a-ru-u₂-bi {lu₂}hu-ra-di-na-u₂-e{meš} | (As for) the figurines, where did they come from? The harūdina'uemen |
Sources & licences
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