The irrigation canal stele of the urartian king Argišti I recently discovered in Erciş/Salmanağa, north of Lake Van
This article presents a recently-found inscribed stele belonging to the Urartian king Argišti I (ca. 785/80–756 BC). The stele was erected to commemorate the inauguration of an irrigation channel running off the Dainalitini Stream (modern Deliçay), north of Lake Van in Eastern Turkey. The inscriptio...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2019
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Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und vorderasiatische Archäologie
Year: 2019, Volume: 109, Issue: 2, Pages: 204-213 |
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Summary: | This article presents a recently-found inscribed stele belonging to the Urartian king Argišti I (ca. 785/80–756 BC). The stele was erected to commemorate the inauguration of an irrigation channel running off the Dainalitini Stream (modern Deliçay), north of Lake Van in Eastern Turkey. The inscription on this stele is important, both for localizing the Dainalitini Stream mentioned in Urartian texts, as well as understanding sacrificial rituals in agricultural contexts. |
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ISSN: | 1613-1150 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und vorderasiatische Archäologie
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/za-2019-0015 |