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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.

Urzana

Urzana was the ruler, and in some documents king, of Musasir, a small kingdom between Assyria and Urartu, ended by Sargon II's conquest in 714 BC.

Utupurshi

Utupurshi (Utupursi) was king of Diauehi, a highland kingdom near modern Erzurum with its capital at Şaşilu, who submitted to the Urartian king Menua around 810 BC and paid annual tribute.

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.