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Bostankaya Yaziti

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

     


It lies 5 km north of the district center of Malazgirt in Mus. Analyses revealed that it belongs to the Period of Menua, and it reads as follows "By the might of the god Haldi, Menua the son of Ishpuini erected this building. It has a volume of 900 agargi (size). Bir kale eksiksiz (?) yaptırdı. the Mighty King is the King of the Lands of Biaini (and) the lord of of the city of Tushpa".
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