entity · text_srsc1_uruatri
Uruatri
Also known as: Uruaṭri, Uruatri lands
An Assyrian external label for northern lands attested before the mature Urartian state.
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.
1300 BCE–1000 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · provides or interprets textual attestation
The Kingdom of Urartu — Yervand H. Grekyan (2023)
Locator: Relevant inscription, historical synthesis, or source criticism - informs · provides or interprets textual attestation
Urartian and the Urartians — Paul E. Zimansky (2012)
Locator: Relevant inscription, historical synthesis, or source criticism
Research description
The name may be historically related to later Urartu, but it is not treated as a ready-made ninth-century state or a map of earlier archaeological culture.
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
External textual label
A name preserved in an outside power's texts rather than a securely attested self-designation.
Why does this record have this property?
The assignment identifies the naming perspective and genre. Geography, political scale, and any linguistic or ethnic attribution require separate evidence.
- The Kingdom of Urartu
contextualizes · Textual geography and chronology - Tiglath-pileser I 13 (RINAP/RIAO Q005938)
supports assignment · Royal inscription naming northern lands
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides or interprets textual attestation
The Kingdom of Urartu — Yervand H. Grekyan (2023)Source linked to entity record text_srsc1_uruatri.
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 text_srsc1_uruatri.
Locator: Relevant inscription, historical synthesis, or source criticism