Arinçkus Argishti I Stele

The Arinçkus Argishti I Stele (Turkish: Arinçkus Argişti Steli) is a stele belonging to the Urartian king Argishti I, dated between 785 BC and 756 BC, and has an Urartian inscription written in cuneiform script.

The artifact was found in 2015 by Kenan Işık, an officer of the Van Archeology Museum, in Köklü Village of Van province, located around Lake Van.

[1] 1             [ma]r-gi-iš-ti-i-še mmi-˹nu˺- ?-ḫi-ni-[še] 2             [a-l]i-e a-lu-še i-ni [NA]4pu-lu-si e-si-[ni] 3             su-ú-i-du-li-e a-˹lu˺- še še-er-du-li-˹e˺ 4             ˹a˺-lu-še DUB-te pi-tú-li-e [a-lu-]˹še˺ a-i-ni-[i] 5             i-ni-e-li du-li-i-e a-˹lu˺-[še ˹ú˺-li-še?

6             ti-ú-li-i-e i-e-še za-du-bi tú-ri-ni-n[i] 7             ˹D˺ḫal-di-i- še ˹D˺IM-še ˹D˺UTU-ni?

DINGIR MEŠ 8             [ma]-a-ni ar-mu-zi-i ˹D˺UTU-ni pi-i-n[i] 9             [mi]- ˹i˺ ar-ḫi ú-ru-˹li˺-a-ni mì-i-i mi]- ˹i˺ na-a-ra-a a-ú-i-e ú-lu-li-e "Argishti, son of Minua, says: Whoever carries this stele (from here), whoever hides (it), whoever damages its inscription, whoever does these things, whoever says "I have done this!