Anatolian Civilizations and Historical Sites - TEDA

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Urartu inscription in Van Fortress.
The Urartu, who used the Assyrian script as well as a script of their own, left
inscriptions in a number of other places besides Van.
rectangular-planned battlement measuring 13x47 m. continued with adobe
walls on top of large stones measuring 4 m.; however these parts did not
survive to the present time. To the east of the Sardur’s Battlement are the
New Castle and the grave of Argishti I. At the entrance of the grave, which
is also known as Horhor Cave and which dates back to the 8th century BC,
annuals of the king are written in the form of columns. On this, Argishti I
told of his deeds in his first 15 years. The grave chamber which is reached
via rock stairs climbing down, leads to five grave chambers connected via
a main hall. In the walls, there are 34 jars called ‘urnes’ for keeping the
ashes of the corpses as well as niches where the presents for the dead
were placed. Below this grave is another grave known as the Small Horhor
Cave, which is found to have been unrelated with the Urartus, but
belonged to the Akhamenid Period.
At the western trench, on a large area which spans as far as the grave of
Argishti I, the new palace is found on gradual platforms. On the ground