Արամուսից հայտնաբերված PULUSI կոթողը

Abstract

Archaeological materials related to the Van Kingdom and excavated during recent years assume new interpretations and points of view. During the excavations conducted in 2014 in the district of the acropolis of the Aramus fortress, а certain stratigraphic change was attested in the second horizon. The part of the opened entrance was covered by unworked black tuff slabs. A red tuff stela was found here, which was placed near the entrance, in the fallen state. The height of the stela is 142 cm and the width - 30 cm. It was rectangular in section while the upper part had a rounded shape. The stela was smoothed from all sides and was similar to pulusi stelae famous in the Van Kingdom. These stelae, also with inscriptions, are known from the period of the Urartian kings Ishpuini and Menua until the fall of the state. They were related to various rituals and had cultic meaning.