ARAMAZD: Armenian Journal of Near Eastern Archaeology: Volume XVII Issue 12 2023

<p>Contents of Vol XVII: Issue 1. The Bronze Age fortresses of the Southern Urals – <em>Ivan Semyan</em>; Hittite <em>mi-e-nu-us</em>: Humans as ‘meek’ or ‘lesser’ – <em>Jaan Puhvel</em>; Hartapu – Hittite afterlife following the empire – <em>Michael Banyai</em>; Not hostile but loyal kings in Tabal, c. 735 BC. A new interpretation of TOPADA §§ 3-4 – <em>Martien Dillo</em>; Stamp impressions from ancient Artashat in Armenia – <em>Achim Lichtenberger, Torben Schreiber, Carmen Ting and Mkrtich H. Zardaryan</em>; Reinforcement of Medieval infrastructure: Medieval castles and caravanserais in Aruch and Dashtadem along the Dvin-Ani transit route – <em>Astghik Babajanyan</em>; Widder- und pferdeförmige Grabsteine: ein religions- und völker-übergreifendes Phänomen – <em>Diether Schürr</em>; Nurnus monastery and its excavations – <em>Avetis Grigoryan, Artak Ghulyan and Hasmik Simonyan; </em>Obituaries. Issue 2. The Urartian Onomasticon: A prosopographic study – <em>Yervand H. Grekyan</em></p>