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Adalak Yaziti

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Adalak Yazıtı
Type:
Single Findspot
Altitude:
m
Region:
Eastern Anatolia
Province:
Mus
District:
Malazgirt
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Investigation Method:
Survey
Period:
Middle Iron Age

     


The inscription, which was carved into a bedrock, 30 km west of the Malazgirt District in Muş is from the Menua Period. It reads; "Menua, son of Ishpuini, opened this canal with the might of (the god) Haldi. Its name is the Menua Canal. It runs to the Menua Valley, to the city of Ulis, city of ... (). Menua is the great king, king of the lands of Biainili, lord of the city of Tushpa by the might of (the god) Haldi."
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