The Assyrian Rock Relief at Yagmur (Evrihan) in the Tur Abdin

The Assyrian Rock Relief at Yagmur in the Tur Abdin publishes a newly discovered rock relief in the Mazidagi Plain, at the western end of the Tur Abdin in southeastern Turkey. The preserved remains include an image of an Assyrian king, divine symbols and traces of three panels of cuneiform inscription. Both the image and the panel preserving the most coherent section of legible text can be dated to the time of Tiglath-pileser I. The sequences which can be deciphered relate to the king's penetration into the northwest undertaken in the course of his third campaign against the Nairi lands. The monument is studied in the context of our understanding of the Assyrian expansion in this sector, together with a review of the settlement pattern and political organisation of the Tur Abdin as presented in Assyrian sources.

Table of Contents:
Preface ; The Assyrian Rock Relief at Yaǧmur in the Tur Abdin ; The Mazıdağı Plain ; Yağmur ; The Assyrian relief at Yağmur ; Geographical names ; Dating ; Assyrian reliefs with images of multiple kings ; Tiglath-pileser I’s campaigns in the Nairi lands ; Settlement geography of the Kašiari in Assyrian sources ; Conclusion ; Bibliography

About the Author :
Bulent Genc is Associate Professor in the Department of Archaeology at Mardin Artuklu University. His specialises in the archaeology of Mesopotamia and Anatolia and is involved in multiple excavation and survey projects, with a particular interest in the archaeology of the Bronze and Iron Ages. John MacGinnis is based in the Middle East Department of the British Museum and the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research in Cambridge. His interests are the archaeology and epigraphy of Mesopotamia in the first millennium BC. He has participated in fieldwork across the Middle East, including at the Assyrian sites of Nineveh, Nimrud, Ziyaret Tepe, Tell Masaikh and the fortress of Usu Aska in the Darband-i Rania pass in Iraqi Kurdistan. Bulent Genc is Associate Professor in the Department of Archaeology at Mardin Artuklu University. His specialises in the archaeology of Mesopotamia and Anatolia and is involved in multiple excavation and survey projects, with a particular interest in the archaeology of the Bronze and Iron Ages. John MacGinnis is based in the Middle East Department of the British Museum and the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research in Cambridge. His interests are the archaeology and epigraphy of Mesopotamia in the first millennium BC. He has participated in fieldwork across the Middle East, including at the Assyrian sites of Nineveh, Nimrud, Ziyaret Tepe, Tell Masaikh and the fortress of Usu Aska in the Darband-i Rania pass in Iraqi Kurdistan.