The inscription is repeated three times and reads "Ishpuini, son of Sarduri, built this temple". Ishpuini was a king of Urartu (reigned 830-810 BCE). The drum was later re-used and hollowed out to form a shallow basin with a drainage hole cut in the side. From Eastern Anatolia, in modern-day Turkey. Urartian, c. 820 BCE. (The British Museum, London).
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