Urartu

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
אורארטו
Name (Latin)
Urartu
Other forms of name
Ararat
Coordinates
43.3425 43.3425 38.5 38.5 (gooearth )
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 154902446
Wikidata: Q185068
Library of congress: n 90709797
Sources of Information
  • Enc. Brit., c1982(Urartu, Assyrian name for the kingdom established in the area surrounding Lake Van, an imperial power between 9th-7th c. BC, Hebrew form Ararat; in 13th c. BC Assyrian inscriptions it appears as tribal name Uruatri; the Urartians disappeared and were replaced by the Armenians)
  • Haykakan sovet. hanragit., 1986- :v. 12 (Urartu, from Akkadian mâṭ Urarṭu "Urartu country", in ancient Armenian sources Araratu erkir, Araraday erkir, Araratean tʻagaworutʻiwn, Ayrarat, 9th-6th c. BC, first unified state of Armenia; earlier 14th-10th c. BC Assyrian cuneiform inscriptions mention "Nairi" countries or principalities, in Assyro-Babylonian Urartu, Urashtu, ancient Hebrew Urart, Arart, Urarat, Ararat)
  • Umaṛyan, S. Ṛusa, 1988:p. 22 (Ararati)
  • Haykakan sovet. hanragit., 1986- :v. 12 (Urartu, from Akkadian mâṭ Urarṭu "Urartu country", in ancient Armenian sources Araratu erkir, Araraday erkir, Araratean tʻagaworutʻiwn, Ayrarat, 9th-6th c. BC, first unified state of Armenia; earlier 14th-10th c. BC Assyrian cuneiforminscriptions mention "Nairi" countries or principalities, in Assyro-Babylonian Urartu, Urashtu, ancient Hebrew Urart, Arart, Urarat, Ararat)
  • Enc. Brit., c1982(Urartu, Assyrian name for the kingdom established in the area surrounding Lake Van, an imperial power between 9th-7th c. BC, Hebrew form Ararat; in 13th c. BC Assyrian inscriptions it appears as tribal name Uruatri; theUrartians disappeared and were replaced by the Armenians)
  • LC data base, 11-07-90(subj. entry usage: Urartu)