ARAMAZD: Armenian Journal of Near Eastern Archaeology: Volume XVII Issue 1-2 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 **xA7;**xA7; 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.