Metal Inscriptions
B 4-1
B 4-2
B 4-3
A 4-1
B 4-1
Description:
Four bronze rings with votive inscription in the Urartian language, according to which Išpuini, Minua, and Inušpua dedicated the rings to the god Ḫaldi after their conquest of the land of the city Amuša. Provenience: Yukarı Anzaf, now kept in the Museum of Van.
Edition:
Access the edition [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Q007781/] of B 4-1.
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Dimensions:
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, 30-31, figg. 6-13a; 44-48.
Seidl, Ursula (2004): Bronzekunst Urartus, Mainz 2004, 23.
B 4-2
Description:
Bronze ring (no. 5) with votive inscription in the Urartian language, according to which Išpuini, Minua, and Inušpua dedicated the ring to the god Ḫaldi after their conquest of the land of the city Amuša. Provenience:
Yukarı Anzaf, now kept in the Museum of Van.
Edition:
Access the edition [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Q007782/] of B 4-2.
Sources:
Dimensions:
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, 53-54, figg. 15-16a.
Seidl, Ursula (2004): Bronzekunst Urartus, Mainz 2004, 24.
B 4-3
Description:
Two fragments of a bronze ring with very fragmentary inscription. Provenience: Yukarı Anzaf, now kept in the Museum of Van.
Edition:
Access the edition [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ecut/Q007783/] of B 4-3.
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, fig. 16b.
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/ishpuiniminuaandinushpuaa4andb4/metalinscriptions/]
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