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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 March 2011
In 1927 an inscription of the Vannic King Rusas I was discovered by the Armenian Archæological Commission at Nor-Bajazet on Lake Gotcha. Its decipherment has been attempted by several Armenian and Russian Vannic scholars and it has been made the subject of an interesting article by one of our leading Hittite decipherers, Professor Friedrich (Archiv Orientálni, iii, 2, p. 257). Unfortunately the younger decipherers do not always show themselves acquainted with the older work on the subject or with the script and character of other forms of cuneiform. Nor do they always remember that common-sense is a necessary preliminary to any attempt at the decipherment of ancient texts.
page 594 note 1 It ia possible that this is also the case here, usmas representing the nominative of the verb terubi in the preceding line.
page 595 note 1 URI is also stated to be Amurrû (CT. xi, 15; ii, 5). Since Amurrû denoted the country west of the Euphrates this is difficult to explain unless Amurrû here represents Murrû (usually misread Khurrû), that is to say northern Mesopotamia. URI might stand for Wuri, Muri.