Metal inscriptions
B 18-1
B 18-2
B 18-3
B 18-4
B 18-5
B 18-6
B 18-7
B 18-8
B 18-9
B 18-10
B 18-11
B 18-1
Description:
Fragmentary bronze frieze. Provenience: Toprakkale, now kept in the British Museum (no. B.M. 91209).
Edition:
Access the edition [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Q007896/] of B 18-1.
Sources:
Dimensions:
height: 16 cm; width: 9.5 cm; depth: 2.6 cm
Bibliography:
Barnett, Richard D. (1950): The Excavations of the British Museum at Toprak Kale Near Van, Ira XII, 1950, 16 and tab. VIII.1.
Seidl, Ursula (2004): Bronzekunst Urartus, Mainz 2004, 44 (X. 1-24).
Concordance:
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU B 18-1 = Lehmann-Haupt (1928-1935): ClCH 163b = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 296b = König (1955-1957): HchI 134 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 441b = Seidl, Ursula (2004): Bronzekunst Urartus, Mainz 2004, 44 (X.1.24).
B 18-02
Description:
Bronze shield boss. Provenience: Karmir-blur, now kept in the Armenian History Museum (Erevan).
Edition:
Access the edition [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Q007897/] of B 18-2.
Sources:
Concordance:
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU B 18-2 = Piotrovskij, Boris B. (1952): Karmir-blur II. Rezul'taty raskopok 1949-1950 gg., Erevan 1952, 64 (transcription) = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 150a = König (1955-1957): HchI 99E = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 232.
B 18-03
Description:
Fragment of a bridle. Provenience: Karmir-blur.
Edition:
Access the edition [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Q007898/] of B 18-3.
Sources:
Bibliography:
Piotrovskij, Boris B. (1956): Urartskie nadpisi iz raskopok na Karmir-blure 1954 g., EV XI, 1956, 80.
Concordance:
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU B 18-3 = Melikišvili (1971a): UKN II 464 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 526.
B 18-04
Description:
Bronze quiver. Provenience: Toprakkale, now kept in the British Museum (no. B.M. 135726).
Edition:
Access the edition [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Q007899/] of B 18-4.
Sources:
Bibliography:
Barnett, Richard D. (1972): More Addenda from Toprakkale, Anatolian Studies 22, 1972, 170, 172 fig. 10 (Rusa II or III).
B 18-05
Description:
Fragment of a bronze ring with few sings. Provenience: Yukarı Anzaf, now kept in the Van Museum.
Edition:
Access the edition [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Q007899/] of B 18-5.
Sources:
Bibliography:
Dinçol Ali M. and Belkis Dinçol (1995): Die neuen Inschriften und beschrifteten Bronzefunde aus den Ausgrabungen von den urartäischen Burgen von Anzaf, in: Theo P.J. van den Hout and Johan de Roos (Eds.): Studio Historiae Ardens. Ancient Near Eastern Studies Presented to Philo H.J. Houwink ten Cate on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday, Istanbul 1995, 32, tab. 16b.
B 18-06
Description:
Fragmentary bronze quiver. Provenience: Karmir-blur.
Edition:
Access the edition [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Q007901/] of B 18-6.
Sources:
Concordance:
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU B 18-6 = Melikišvili (1971a): UKN II 442 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 528
B 18-07
Description:
Bronze cup. Provenience: Gavar (Nor-Bajazet).
Edition:
Access the edition [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Q007902/] of B 18-7.
Sources:
Concordance:
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU B 18-7 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 599
B 18-08
Description:
Handle of a bronze weight (35 kg) with inscription and with the vague shape of a duck. Provenience: Yukarı Anzaf Kalesi, now kept in the Van Museum.
Edition:
Access the edition [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Q007903/] of B 18-8.
Sources:
Bibliography:
Belli, Oktay (2009): Yukarı Anzaf Urartu kalesi'nde bulunan resim ve çivi yazılı bronz ağırlık, in: Sağlamtimur H. et al. (Eds.): Studies in Honour of Altan Çilingiroğlu, Istanbul 2009, 753-763.
B 18-09
Description:
Moon-shaped bronze amulet. Provenience: Karmir-blur, now kept in the Hermitage (no. 17791) in Saint Petersburg.
Edition:
Access the edition [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Q007904/] of B 18-9.
Sources:
Dimensions:
Bibliography:
Medvedskaja, Inna. N. and Juri Ju. Piotrovskij (2011): Urartskie drevnosti v Gosudarstvennom Ermitaže. Katalog kollekcij, Sankt Peterburg 2011, 634.
Piotrovskij, Boris B. (1950): Karmir-blur I. Rezul'taty raskopok 1939-1949 gg., Erevan 1950, 77, fig. 49.
Concordance:
Salvini (2008 and 2018): CTU B 18-9 = Melikišvili (1960): UKN 368 = König (1955-1957): HchI Inc. 37 = Arutjunjan (2001): KUKN 527
B 18-10
Description:
Bronze bowl. Provenience: unknown, now kept in the Van Museum.
Edition:
Access the edition [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Q007905/] of B 18-10.
Sources:
Bibliography:
Belli, Oktay and Mirjo Salvini (2010): Bronze Bowls with Cuneiform and Hieroglyphic Inscriptions from Van Museum, Studi micenei ed egeo-anatolici 52, 2010, 41-48.
B 18-11
Description:
Decorated blinkers. Provenience: Karmir-blur, now kept in the Armenian History Museum (no. 2010/112).
Edition:
Access the edition [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Q007906/] of B 18-11.
Sources:
Birgit Christiansen, 'Metal inscriptions', Electronic Corpus of Urartian Texts (eCUT) Project, The eCUT Project, a sub-project of MOCCI, 2020 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/urartianrulersandtheirinscriptions/inscriptionswithuncertainattributiona18andb18/metalinscriptions/]
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