event · evt_srsc1_karmir_blur_urartian_fortress_later_context
Teishebaini at Karmir Blur in later Urartian context
A major Urartian fortress-city was established at Karmir Blur after the primary interval and was destroyed in the early sixth century BCE.
What is the evidence?
observation
A major Urartian fortress-city was established at Karmir Blur after the primary interval and was destroyed in the early sixth century BCE.The later Urartian fortress-city and destruction are secure, while this release uses a broad range because exact regnal chronology is not re-litigated here.
Inspect the sources →Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
680 BCE–585 BCE
Precision: range
Chronology model: release preferred synthesis
moderatePreferred display range synthesized from the cited source roles. It preserves a range and does not imply every component occurred continuously or synchronously.
- contextualizes · dates and contextualizes
The Kingdom of Urartu — Yervand H. Grekyan (2023)Provides the state-period context.
Locator: Later Urartian urban and political history - neutral_location · locates
Karmir Blur Archaeological Site — American University of Armenia, Acopian Center for the EnvironmentSupports neutral placement, with the page's chronological inconsistencies noted in source criticism.
Locator: Representative coordinates and multi-period site entry
Interpretation and caveats
The later phase is included solely to stop the well-known Urartian site from being projected backward onto Late Bronze and Early Iron Age antecedents.
Event context
Classification
Event type: fortress city foundation and destruction
Evidence layer: historical
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Karmir Blur, Urartu, Armenian Highland and Lake Sevan basins
Why it matters to the timeline
Karmir Blur is explicitly requested only in applicable later context; this event clarifies that its principal fortress-city phase postdates 800 BCE.
Research notes
- Provides the state-period context. Role: dates and contextualizes. Locator: Later Urartian urban and political history.
- Supports neutral placement, with the page's chronological inconsistencies noted in source criticism. Role: locates. Locator: Representative coordinates and multi-period site entry.
Evidence and sources
- contextualizes · dates and contextualizes
The Kingdom of Urartu — Yervand H. Grekyan (2023)Provides the state-period context.
Locator: Later Urartian urban and political history - neutral_location · locates
Karmir Blur Archaeological Site — American University of Armenia, Acopian Center for the EnvironmentSupports neutral placement, with the page's chronological inconsistencies noted in source criticism.
Locator: Representative coordinates and multi-period site entry
Referenced records
- Karmir Blur · entity
- Armenian Highland and Lake Sevan basins · entity
- Urartu · entity