eCUT A 12-04 (CTU A 12-04)

(o 1’) . . . (a coherent translation is not possible).

(o 10’b) [Rusa], son of [Argišti] [says: this place was rock, the land] was [deserted], noth[ing has ever been built here.]

(r 2’b - r 4’a) [Through the command of the god Ḫaldi] I [built this temple and] I built (this) fortress to perfection.

(r 4’b) [I planted here a vineyard (and) a fruit orchard, a grain field (and)] I founded [a new city, I accomplished] mighty deed[s here].

(r 5’b) [I established] a city – (its) name is "(the City) of the [god Ḫal]di in the land Ziuquni.

(r 6’b) Rusa, son of Argišti, says: I deported men (and) women from the enemy countries, from the land [...], from the land Tabla (Tabal), from the land Qainaru, from the land Muški, from the land Ḫatti (i.e. the Neo-Hittite states), from the land Ḫaliṭu, [from the land Ṣiluquni],1

(r 9’b) I [ma]de this fortress by the men and these settlements that are in this fortress and I made alzinai this [fortress], I added them to this fortress . . . (untranslatable).

(r 12’b) Rusa, son of Argišti, says: The god Ḫaldi granted me [bravery(?), pugnacity], and lea[der]ship. For the god Ḫaldi I [accomplished] these deeds.

(r 14’b) Through the greatness [of the god Ḫaldi] I am Rusa, son of Argišti, strong king, [great king, king of the lands], ki[ng] of the Bia-lands, [king] of [king]s, lord of Ṭušpa-City.

(r 16’b) [Through the command of the god Ḫaldi, Rusa, son of Argišti, sa]ys: A king [who] might be later on in this same place(?), shall neither disregard(?) anything of these orders nor shall he šepuiar the work (or, resp., a message) nor shall he puh. Indeed [I sp]oke, indeed [I did].

(r 19’b) [Rusa, son of Argišti, says: (as for the one) who] erases [this inscription from the gate] of the god Ḫaldi, (as for the one) who damages it, (as for the one) who hides(?) it, (as for the one) who removes it [from this place], [(as for the one) who says: "I made it", may it be a Biaian (a Urartian), may it be a for]eigner, [(as for the one) who destroys my name and puts his own name],

(r 22’b) [may the god Ḫald]I, the Weather-God, [the Sun-God, (and all the gods) destroy his name], [(his) off]spring, [(his) offspring's offspring under the sun . . . (rest untranslatable).