Urartu-Religion

[bell-the-cat]

Re: Urartu-Religion

I typed up a religion section for Urartu on Wikipedia, as well as adding and correcting existing pages for Urartian gods. I'd like to expand upon it, but most of the books i have on Urartu focus more on the history and politics, rather than religion, and what little is mentioned, I already put in. I'm sure i have more books to use as sources, but they are buried away somewhere, and it could be days before I find them.

What I'm looking for is more info on the god's I have, on there, and the rest of the 79 deities listed on the Mheri-Dur, or Meher-Tur (the Gate of Mhera) inscription, found near van.

I'd also appreciate an abundant source on the Mheri-Dur/Meher-Tur inscription, as well as the city of Musasir and it's temple, I already have some info, but alot of these books range from the 60's to 90's and i was wondering if there was anything recent.

So if you could provide me with links, to any credible sources

The Meher Door inscription has been transcribed and translated, but, like you, I've never been able to locate a published version of it. Or of the Van stele inscriptions uncovered by Marr - they also detail sacrifices and Gods.

(armeniahighland is not a credible source)

Indeed.

[ara87]

I typed up a religion section for Urartu on Wikipedia, as well as adding and correcting existing pages for Urartian gods. I'd like to expand upon it, but most of the books i have on Urartu focus more on the history and politics, rather than religion, and what little is mentioned, I already put in. I'm sure i have more books to use as sources, but they are buried away somewhere, and it could be days before I find them.

What I'm looking for is more info on the god's I have, on there, and the rest of the 79 deities listed on the Mheri-Dur, or Meher-Tur (the Gate of Mhera) inscription, found near van.

I'd also appreciate an abundant source on the Mheri-Dur/Meher-Tur inscription, as well as the city of Musasir and it's temple, I already have some info, but alot of these books range from the 60's to 90's and i was wondering if there was anything recent.

So if you could provide me with links, to any credible sources (armeniahighland is not a credible source) it'd be appreciated.


And fyi , i found several sites which compare urartian words with turkic languages, claiming that they are of the same or related language families. Whether that's entirely true or not, I know Armenian has many Urartian root words and was wondering if there was anywhere that showed the relations between the two