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Title: The Door of Mher: The Urartian Deities as Constellations

Journal or Publication Title:

Բյուրականի աստղադիտարանի հաղորդումներ: Երևանի աստղադիտարանի բյուլետեն = Сообщения Бюраканской обсерватории. Бюллетень ереванской Астрономической обсерватории = Contributions from the Burakan observatory. Bulletin of the Erevan astronomical observatory

Date of publication:

2025

Volume:

72

Number:

1

ISSN:

2579-2276

Coverage:

169-180

Abstract:

This article is about the Urartian inscription on the rocky hill named “Door of Mher”, which is located in the vicinity of the modern-day city of Van and on which the pantheon of the Kingdom of Van — the names of deities and the quantities of sacrifices (goat, bull/cow, ram/sheep) prescribed for the deities — is presented, and the quantities of these sacrifices were prescribed during the celebration of the month of Sun. For those involved in Urartian studies, the identities of the deities as well as the logic behind the structure of their sequence have been considered unknown. However, as a result of comparative examination, it turns out that the deities of the Kingdom of Van are first and foremost deity-constellations and, most importantly, they are constructed based on the sequence of the heliacal rising, like the II and IV calendar lists with the Mesopotamian name Mul.Apin.

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Identifier:

oai:arar.sci.am:425931

General note:

Communications of the Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (ComBAO) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, which publishes research in observational and theoretical astronomy/astrophysics and presents recent advances in these fields. It is being published by the NAS RA V. Ambartsumian Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO) in English in electronic form. The journal publishes original papers, review papers, brief reports, book reviews, special communications, observational and theoretical results in various fields of astronomy and related sciences, and some editorial notes, including anniversaries and obituaries. Under the heading “Legacy”, the renewed magazine will republish some old articles of high value in English. The heading “Guest articles” will bring to the attention of readers the articles of researchers who are not employees of BAO. ComBAO was founded in 1946 and regularly published in 1946-1990. However, the publication was interrupted because of the economic situation after the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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Jan 8, 2026

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Jan 8, 2026

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