Rock inscription from Shisheh
 
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The rock inscription of Shisheh (Šišeh) was carved in Urartean cuneiform at an altitude of 1970 m in the rock of the mountain above the village of Shisheh in eastern Azerbaijan , 40 km northeast of Ahar . It comes from the Urartian king Argišti Rusaḫini . The text is very similar to the inscriptions from Mount Zagaln and Nascht-e ban .
Argišti reports that by the grace of d Ḫaldi he was on the campaign against [...] ú-e the enemy lands of Ušu [...], [...] and [...] nni and finally the city [. ..] subjected. This is followed by poorly preserved figures, which probably belong to an enumeration of the booty or the prisoners. Argišti also reports on the construction of a fortress, the name of which has not been preserved, "to increase the power of Biainili and to subdue the foreigners."
This is followed by the usual cursing of whoever destroys this inscription or obliterates the name Argištis. Haldi, the weather god d IM and the sun god are called.
literature
- R. Bashash et al .: Haldi's Garrison, Haldi's protection. The newly found rock inscription of Argisti II. In Shisheh, near Ahar (East Azerbaijan, Iran). Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici 43, 2001, 25-37
- Miroj Salvini: Corpus dei Testi Urartei. Rome 2008, A 11-6
Individual evidence
- ↑ Salvini reconstructs 'Arḫū', based on the inscription from Mount Zagaln.