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Bitlis 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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Bitlis |
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Merkez |
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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 was inscribed onto the lower section of a small stele found in Bitlis. It has been preserved at the Museum of Van. The readable part on the front face is as follows: "Édid É560 people Épartly I slew, partly I took alive. I gave the men to warriors, Éexpelled out..". Rear part reads: "Whoever destroys this inscription, whoever breaks it, may God Haldi (and all) gods remove (him) under before the sun." |
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