Rock inscription from Delibaba
The Urartian rock inscription of Delibaba ( Velibaba , Circle Khorasan Province Erzurum ) located on the banks of the creek Soimen, a southern tributary of the Araxes . The site is between Hasankale / Pasinler and Eleşkirt (Alaškert). It comes from the reign of the Urartian king Menua .
She reports that King Menua, son of Išpuini , built this fortress (É.GAL) for the mighty d Ḫaldi and then lists the titles Menuas. Comparable inscriptions are also known from Pasinler and Başbulak , for example . They testify to an extensive building program with which the newly conquered areas were systematically secured.
literature
- Н. В. Арутюнян, Корпус уратсқих қлинообразных надписеӣ. Ереван, Гитутюн 2001, no.85.
- Г.А. Меликишвили, Урартские клинообразные надписи. Москва: Издательство АН СССР, 1960, No. 68.
- Friedrich König, Handbook of Chaldic Inscriptions. Archive for Orient Research 8 (Graz, Weidner 1957), No. 43.
- Lehmann-Haupt, Armenia, No. 61.
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