Archaeologists have discovered six new Aramaic inscriptions at Zernaki Tepe, a 3,000-year-old ancient city in eastern Türkiye’s Van Province. The findings — including several deliberately erased inscriptions — shed new light on the Parthian-era presence in Eastern Anatolia and reveal traces of political conflict between ancient powers that once dominated the region. ...That makes a total of 14 [number corrected] Aramaic inscriptions found at this site. A few years ago, I noted the discovery of four of them.Professor Çavuşoğlu explained that three inscriptions had been deliberately erased, suggesting cultural or political upheaval: “Some of the inscriptions were intentionally scraped off. This likely indicates inter-civilizational conflict or an effort by a later ruling power to erase the traces of the previous one.”
It would be nice if at some point someone would tell us what some of them say.
I don't know how much can be recovered from the erased ones. There is a photo of one of them in this article. It looks like it has potential. Anyone want to have a go at it?
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