Kef Fortress of Urartu, is located on a volcanic hill overlooking Lake Van with an altitude of 2300 on the skirts of Süphan Mountain within the borders Adilcevaz Districts of Bitlis Province. The fortress is located on an important transition route leading to the Van Lake basin. Kef Fortress and its surrounding settlement, built during the reign of Urartian King Rusa II (685-645 BC), are important in terms of revealing the wealth and power of the kingdom. The first excavations in Kef Fortress were carried out between 1964-1972. With the important architectural and literary archaeological information discovered in these investigations, the significance of the fortress has been made clear. The excavations for Kef Fortress's new age were restarted in 2021 after a hiatus of over 50 years. This study incorporates analyses of the archaeological and philological information gathered in Kef Fortress in 2021 and 2022. Archaeological data are interpreted in connection with the early excavations and findings. Work has begun in the Great Hall of the fortress, and the elephant feet here have been resurrected. During the second period excavations of Kef Fortress, service rooms where sherds were intensively found. The fact that grinding tools were also found in these interconnected rooms suggests that the rooms may have been the kitchen section of the palace. During the survey and excavation, two pieces of Urartian cuneiform were found and these pieces were read. Cuneiform stone blocks with divine motifs and mythological scenes found in Kef Fortress, are important finds of Urartian archeology. It is understood that the word ašiḫusi, which is mentioned in the inscriptions carved on basalt stone blocks, will be a source for historical language interactions and etymology studies with the meaning of 'house of food/fertility'.