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Annals of Sarduri II
The Annals of Sarduri II, known as the Chronicle from Van, are a lengthy Urartian cuneiform inscription carved at the Van fortress recording King Sarduri II's yearly military campaigns.
Anzaf fortress inscriptions
The Anzaf fortress inscriptions are Urartian royal cuneiform texts from the twin fortresses of Lower and Upper Anzaf near Van, Turkey, naming kings Išpuini and Minua.
Arinçkus stele of Argishti I
The Arinçkus stele of Argishti I is a fragmentary Urartian stela of King Argishti I (reigned about 785/80–756 BC), found at Arinçkus near Lake Van, Turkey.
Diauehi
Diauehi, also known as Daiaeni, was an Iron Age kingdom near Urartu in eastern Anatolia, attested from the 12th century BC and conquered by Urartu in the 8th century BC.
Etiuni
Etiuni, also written Etio or Etiuini, was a loose confederation of tribes in the Armenian highlands, known almost entirely from Urartian royal inscriptions of the 9th and 8th centuries BC.
Hasanlu Gold Bowl
The Hasanlu Gold Bowl, also called the Gold Bowl of Hasanlu, is a solid gold embossed bowl found in 1958 at Tepe Hasanlu, Iran, decorated with deities and combatants.
Horhor inscription
The Horhor inscription, also called the Horhor Annals or Annals of Argishti I, is a long Urartian cuneiform rock inscription at Van recording King Argishti I's yearly campaigns.
Hubushkia
Hubushkia (Hubuškia) was an Iron Age buffer kingdom between the Assyrian Empire and Urartu in the northern Zagros, known from Assyrian inscriptions; its location, possibly near Hakkâri, remains debated.
Karagündüz inscriptions
The Karagündüz inscriptions are two Urartian royal basalt stelae from Karagündüz on Lake Erçek near Van, Turkey, dedicated to the god Haldi and held in the Van Museum.
Kelashin Stele
The Kelashin Stele, also spelled Kelishin, is a Urartian-Assyrian bilingual stone stele of kings Išpuini and Minua, dated to 820–810 BCE and now in the Urmia Museum.
Meher Kapı
Meher Kapı (Meher Kapısı) is an Urartian rock inscription near Van, Turkey, listing 79 gods, carved for King Išpuini and Minua in the 9th century BCE.
Shupria
Shupria, also known as Shubria, was a small Hurrian kingdom on the northern bank of the upper Tigris that served Assyria as a vassal until Esarhaddon conquered it in 673 BC.
Teishebaini archive
The Teishebaini archive, also called the Karmir Blur archive, is a set of Urartian cuneiform clay tablets found at a 7th-century BC fortress in Yerevan, Armenia.
Topzawa Stele
The Topzawa Stele is a Urartian-Assyrian bilingual stele of King Rusa I of Urartu, erected near Topzawa in Iraqi Kurdistan in the 8th century BC.
Urartian language
Urartian, also called Vannic or Chaldean, is the extinct language of the Iron Age kingdom of Urartu around Lake Van, known from more than 500 royal cuneiform inscriptions.
Urartian religion
Urartian religion was the state religion of the kingdom of Urartu, headed by the war god Haldi, from the 9th century BC until about 590 BC.
Urartians
The Urartians were the people of the Iron Age kingdom of Urartu, called Biainili in their own records, which flourished in the ninth and eighth centuries BC.
Urumeans
The Urumeans were a people of the Upper Euphrates region, first recorded under Tiglath-pileser I of Assyria, whose country Urumu, called Urmie in Urartian sources, lay near modern Mush.
Van inscription of Sarduri I
The Van inscription of Sarduri I is an Assyrian-language cuneiform building inscription on the Sardur Tower at the Van fortress, among the oldest known Urartian royal inscriptions.
Zikirtu
Zikirtu (also Ziqirtu) was a local state in the central Zagros, in northwestern Iran, ruled by Mitatti and devastated by Sargon II of Assyria in 714 BC.