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

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