Zivin stele
The stele of Zivin ( Süngütaşı near Sarıkamış ) was erected by the Urartian ruler Menua to celebrate the conquest of Šašilu, one of the royal cities of Diaueḫe . It is written in the Urartian language in Urartian cuneiform . Two fragments are now in the Georgian National Museum in Tbilisi .
 
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The first line is illegible. The second line begins with the formal introduction “Menua speaks” and then reports how the king took the city of Sasilu and built this stone for “the god Ḫaldi , my lord”. Then the title of "Menua, son of Išpuini " is listed:
- mighty king, king of all
- King of the Bianili lands
- Ruler of the city of Tušpa .
The inscription ends with the usual curse formulas against the one who destroys it: "Menua says: whoever destroys this inscription or obliterates it or scratches it away, the god Ḫaldi shall destroy him completely, the god Teišeba , the god Šiwini , all gods."
Translations
- FW König, Handbook of Chaldic Inscriptions (Graz 1953), No. 24
- Н. В. Арутюнян, Корпус уратсқих қлинообразных надписеӣ. Ереван, Гитутюн 2001, No. 54
- Г.А. Меликишвили, Урартские клинообразные надписи. Москва: Издательство АН СССР, 1960, No. 37, Photo 9-11.