Inscribed Bullae Found during Excavations on the Northern Slope of Ayanis Fortress in 2015 and a New Urartian Building Name, ÉTamali

Işık K., Aras O., Akın Aras A.

Journal of Cuneiform Studies, cilt.73, sa.1, ss.179-192, 2021 (Scopus)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 73 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1086/714659
  • Dergi Adı: Journal of Cuneiform Studies
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, Academic Search Premier, IBZ Online, Periodicals Index Online, Anthropological Literature, ATLA Religion Database, Linguistic Bibliography, Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Old Testament Abstracts Online, Religion and Philosophy Collection, zbMATH
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.179-192
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In the season of the year of 2014 of the continuing excavations since 1989 in the Ayanis Fortress of the

Urartian Kingdom located in the eastern shore of Lake Van, a trash layer was encountered in the northern

slope of the fortress. In this trash layer, as well as animal bone densely several bulla with inscriptions on

them were found. During the excavations also carried out in the same area in 2015, the northern fortification

wall, which was the target of the excavation, was reached and four more inscribed bullae were recovered. In

this article, the aforementioned 2015 Ayanis Fortress excavations of Northern fortification outside and the

trash layer revealed by these excavations and the inscribed bullae are evaluated. In the short inscriptions on

these bullae, as in other Urartian bulla inscriptions, the names of people, cities, countries, and professions

are mentioned. The inscription on a newly discovered bulla mentioning a construction named tamali is

important as it informs us about a new building unit whose function in Urartian archeology is unknown at

the moment.