Bronze Object

  • Van
  • Urartu Çivi Yazısı
  • Argishti I, 785-763 B.C.
  • Bronz
  • Rezan Has Museum Collection

These simple inscriptions on metal often indicate the name of the king to which the work belongs. The word “ar-gi-iŝ-ti-i ú-ri-iš-hi” is read in the Latin transcription of the inscription, meaning, “It belongs to argishti.”

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