Tepe means "Tel" in Turkic. Zernaki is a Tepe around Lake Van. Yesterday, excavations found some inscriptions.
It seems to have been founded under Aramaean influence, given the new inscriptions, whose content we aren't provided. I don't know if that means Assyria - it seems, not, although the use of Aramaic couldn't hurt. Later I understand that Urartu extended its hegemony over that lake, which would explain why some of those inscriptions are defaced. Eventually the Assyrian Empire would crush Urartu.
I suspect the main contribution of this site to History will be insights into the preImperial state of the Aramaic language(s).
BACKDATE 10/24, yeah we're behind.
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