Urartian Cuneiform Inscriptions 1960 Меликишвили Урартские клинообразные надписи

Melikishvili, G. A. Urartian Cuneiform Inscriptions (Urartskie klinoobraznye nadpisi), 1960. In Russian.

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Melikishvili, G. A. Urartian Cuneiform Inscriptions (Urartskie klinoobraznye nadpisi), 1960. In Russian.

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Меликишвили Г. А. Урартские клинообразные надписи. / Акад. наук СССР. Ин-т языкознания. Акад. наук Груз. ССР. Ин-т истории им. И. А. Джавахишвили. Художник Н. Ю. Гитман.
Москва : Издательство Академии наук СССР, 1960.
504 с.,  ил. Твердый издательский переплет, увеличенный формат (26 см). Тираж 2000 экз.
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Melikishvili, G. A. Urartian Cuneiform Inscriptions (Urartskie klinoobraznye nadpisi). / USSR Academy of Sciences. Institute of Linguistics. Georgian SSR Academy of Sciences. I. A. Javakhishvili Institute of History. Illustrated by N. Yu. Gitman.
Moscow: Publishing House of the USSR Academy of Sciences, 1960.
504 pp., ill. Hardcover, large format (26 cm). Print run: 2,000 copies.

This 1960 volume is a monumental achievement in the field of Ancient Near Eastern studies, for which Giorgi Melikishvili was awarded the Lenin Prize in 1957. It represents the culmination of decades of research into the epigraphic heritage of the Kingdom of Urartu (Van), which dominated the Armenian Highlands and the Transcaucasus from the 9th to the 6th century BCE. Published by the USSR Academy of Sciences, it remains the most comprehensive corpus of Urartian texts ever assembled in the Russian language.
The book is a fundamental scholarly resource that provides a systematic collection and decipherment of all Urartian cuneiform inscriptions known at the time of publication. Melikishvili offers not only the transcriptions and translations of these ancient texts but also a profound historical and linguistic analysis. The work covers the history of the legendary "Nairi-Urartu" lands, the specifics of the Urartian script, and the unique stylistic features of royal inscriptions.
The core of the book is organized chronologically by reign, featuring the inscriptions of the Great Kings of Urartu: from Sarduri I and Ishpuini to the builders of Erebuni and Tushpa, Argishti I and Menua, through to the final rulers of the dynasty like Rusa III. These texts serve as the primary witnesses to the political, religious, and economic life of one of the ancient world's most formidable empires.

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