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entity · pol_srsc1_urartu

Urartu

Also known as: Kingdom of Urartu, Biainili

An early first-millennium BCE highland state centered in the Lake Van basin and expanding into adjacent regions.

Evidence confidence: very high
Awaiting expert reviewSouthern Russia and South Caucasus research expansion
Review and provenance

Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.

Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.

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Chronology

Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.

Preferred assertion

860 BCE–600 BCE

Precision: approximate

Research description

The state emerges near the end of this release interval. Its later administrative and material assemblage must not be projected onto earlier Lchashen–Metsamor, Khojaly–Gadabay, Colchian, or Koban archaeology.

Evidence and sources

  • supports · provides or interprets textual attestation
    The Kingdom of Urartu — Yervand H. Grekyan (2023)

    Source linked to entity record pol_srsc1_urartu.


    Locator: Relevant inscription, historical synthesis, or source criticism
  • supports · provides or interprets textual attestation
    Urartian Material Culture as State Assemblage: An Anomaly in the Archaeology of Empire — Paul E. Zimansky (1995)

    Source linked to entity record pol_srsc1_urartu.


    Locator: Relevant inscription, historical synthesis, or source criticism
  • supports · provides or interprets textual attestation
    Urartian and the Urartians — Paul E. Zimansky (2012)

    Source linked to entity record pol_srsc1_urartu.


    Locator: Relevant inscription, historical synthesis, or source criticism

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