Stela of Savacık

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Stele of Savacık (Urartu)
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Tušpa
Savacık
Savacık

The stele of Savacık ( Armenian Hevişsor / Havadzor) was discovered in December 2006 and is now in the Museum of Van . The place is 5 km south of Keşiş Gölü in Eastern Turkey .

The stele is 2.6 m high and about 0.7 m thick. It is inscribed on three sides in Urartian cuneiform . It comes from the Urartian ruler Rusā Erimenaḫi . The text largely repeats the information given on the Keşiş Gölü stele .

literature

  • Miroj Salvini: Corpus dei Testi Urartei. Rome 2008, A 14-2.