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Tasköprü Yaziti |
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Single Findspot |
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Altitude:
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Region:
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Eastern Anatolia |
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Province:
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Ardahan |
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District:
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Çildir |
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Village:
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Tasköprü |
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Investigation Method:
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Survey |
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Period:
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Middle Iron Age |
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| It stands on a bedrock on the rocky area to the north of the Tasköprü Village, 30 km south of the Çildir District of Ardahan. Regarded as the oldest Urartian inscription known in the region is presumably dating to the reign of the Urartian King Sarduri II (753-735 BC). It has a rectangular frame of 57x53 cm, consisting of 8 lines. It tells about what Sarduri II did after a campaign: By the greatness of God Haldi, Sarduri, the son of Argishti says: When I captured the abandoned (?) land of Uhime, I (also) captured the city of Maqaltu while I was returning from that campaign. I've sent the men (and) women to exile to the land of Bianili." |
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