Kurdistan Keil Ngul albastra Mark Stele of Kelashin

Muair Assyrian Template:"lang and variants, including Mutsatsir, Akkadian for

Exit of the Serpent/Snake ), in Urartian Ardini was an ancient city of Urartu,
attested in Assyrian sources of the 9th and 8th centuries BC.
It was acquired by the Urartian King Ishpuini ca. 800 BC (see the Kelashin Stele).
The city's tutelary deity was
exit of the serpent.

caldi. The name Musasir in Akkadian means

The city's location is not known with certainty, although there are a number of
hypotheses, all in the general area of 36N 46E, in the Zagros south of Lake
Urmia. Franois Thureau-Dangin tentatively located it at Mudjesir, 10 km west
of Topzawa. Reza Heidari, an archaeologist of the "Cultural Heritage and Tourism
Organization" of Iran's West Azarbaijan Province claims Rabat Tepe near
Sardasht, Iran as the location of Muair.[1] Lynch claimed that it was close
to the modern town of Rowanduz in Iraqi Kurdistan [2]

The Kelashin Stele (also Kelishin Stele) (From Kurdish Language: Blue Stone) found
in Kelashin, Iraq, bears an importantUrartian-Assyrian bilingual text dating to c. 800 BC, first

described by Friedrich Eduard Schulz in 1827. Part of Schulz's notes were lost when he was
killed by Kurdish "bandits", and later expeditions were either prevented by weather conditions or
the brigands, so that a copy (latex squeeze) of the inscription could only be made in 1951 by G.
Cameron, and again in 1976 by an Italian party under heavy military protection.
The inscription describes the acquisition of the city of Musasir (Ardini) by the Urartian
king Ishpuini.

The Kelashin Stele is named after the village Kelashin, which is Kurdish
for sacred blue stone.
Kelashin in Kurdish is a combination of two words. Kel can refer to a variety of
things ranging from a tombstone to marker, but is generally understood to be
treated with respect. Shin is blue, and refers to the dark hue of the stone the
stele is made from.
It was first described by Friedrich Eduard Schulz in 1827. Part of Schulz's notes
were lost when he was killed by Kurdish "bandits", and later expeditions were
either prevented by weather conditions or the brigands, so that a copy (latex
squeeze) of the inscription could only be made in 1951 by G. Cameron, and
again in 1976 by an Italian party under heavy military protection.
During the war against Iraq by the peshmerga in the 1980s, the Kelashin area
was one of the routes used for peshmerga entering into the region. Many of them
were familiar with the stele as a landmark. the stele is now kept in the museum
of Urmia city since 1984.
The inscription describes the acquisition of the city of Musasir (Ardini)
by the Urartian king Ishpuini.
The Kelashin Stele found there bears an important Urartian-Assyrian bilingual
text dating to c. 800 BC. The inscription is in both Urartian and Assyrian, and
commemorates the conquest of an Assyrian city, Musasir, or Ardini in Urartian.
The exact location of Musasir is speculated, but the Stele itself is located in
Kelashin.
Also there are a small stele found in Topzawa village, close to Sidekan
town called Topzawa stele. it kept in Erbil museum.
From Topzawa (Topzaw), 25 km is from Kleshin, a bilingual Stele of King Rusa I
urartu. It is badly preserved. The text tells how Urzana appeared in front of
Musasir Rusa, perhaps, as Russell suggested,[6] to seek for help against the
Assyrians. Rusa attacked the Assyrians and Urzana sat on the throne of his
fathers. Musasir were offered to the gods of sacrifice. At the end of the
inscription are the one who destroys, threatened the usual punishment of the
gods. Most researchers assume that Musasir was in the vicinity of Topzawa