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Urartian's religion and its worship systems.

2010
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Abstract (EN)

The Urartian which is the cradle of civizilation contains more complex religion belief from anatilian to Caucasus and till the far end points has more powerful tolerance and understanding methods. The resources that we know about this religion comes from cuneiform , arc, shield, helmet, vow plaque etc. That was embossed on some goods. Cuneiform documents cites the urartian gods and the vows which was going to be sacrificed for them in some periods of the year.The most important of these inscriptions is Meher Kapı inscription whic is in the vicinity of city of Van. Some of the figures and the ritual scenes on the arc, shield, and vow plaques completes the cuneiforms.The necropolis excavation in the last 50 years around the region enhanced the information that we know about the people who are in the religion of this belief. Another important resource is sanctuary, rock forms and architect that serves the religion.The protection of the cite countries by the urartian gods and related to vineyard and garden productivity provides us more information about this religion.

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Dr. Çağatay Yücel

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Çağatay Yücel (Master Thesis). Urartian's religion and its worship systems., 2010, Dicle University.

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