Bronze Age World

Reading ancient testimony

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Type: critical digital edition of ancient inscription
Publication: Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus

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Records informed by this source

causal hypothesis Assyrian pressure as one contributor to Urartian consolidation
Evidence confidence: moderate
contextualizes · supports context · Northern campaigns
Source linked to causal_hypothesis record hyp_srsc1_assyrian_pressure_urartu_consolidation.
date assertion Northern Mesopotamia and Upper Tigris — date assertion
informs · defines search frame · Relevant regional chapters or site distributions
date assertion Tiglath-pileser I northern campaign records — date assertion
informs · provides or interprets textual attestation · Relevant inscription, historical synthesis, or source criticism
date assertion Nairi lands — date assertion
informs · provides or interprets textual attestation · Relevant inscription, historical synthesis, or source criticism
date assertion Daiaeni — date assertion
informs · provides or interprets textual attestation · Relevant inscription, historical synthesis, or source criticism
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides primary evidence · Q005938, lines naming Nairi and Daiaeni
Provides the critical digital text and translation.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides primary evidence · Q005938, lines naming Nairi and Daiaeni
Provides the critical digital text and translation.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides primary evidence · Q005938, lines naming Nairi and Daiaeni
Provides the critical digital text and translation.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides primary evidence · Q005938, lines naming Nairi and Daiaeni
Provides the critical digital text and translation.
entity Northern Mesopotamia and Upper Tigris
Evidence confidence: high
supports · defines search frame · Relevant regional chapters or site distributions
Source linked to entity record geo_srsc1_northern_mesopotamia.
claim Any polygon for this release must identify whether it represents archaeological distribution, interaction, environmental region, or political control.
Evidence confidence: near certain
supports · provides case · Textual land names
Source linked to claim record claim_srsc1_polygons_need_evidence_type.
entity Daiaeni
Evidence confidence: high
supports · provides or interprets textual attestation · Relevant inscription, historical synthesis, or source criticism
Source linked to entity record text_srsc1_daiaeni.
entity Tiglath-pileser I northern campaign records
Evidence confidence: near certain
supports · provides or interprets textual attestation · Relevant inscription, historical synthesis, or source criticism
Source linked to entity record text_srsc1_tiglath_pileser_i_northern_records.
entity Nairi lands
Evidence confidence: high
supports · provides or interprets textual attestation · Relevant inscription, historical synthesis, or source criticism
Source linked to entity record text_srsc1_nairi_lands.
property External textual label
Evidence confidence: near certain
supports · provides primary evidence · Named lands in the inscription
Source linked to property record prop_srsc1_external_textual_label.
event Tiglath-pileser I's campaigns naming Nairi and Daiaeni
Evidence confidence: high
supports · provides primary evidence · Q005938, lines naming Nairi and Daiaeni
Provides the critical digital text and translation.
claim Assyrian Daiaeni and Urartian Diauehi may be historically related, but their equivalence is not secure.
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · provides primary evidence · Daiaeni attestation
Source linked to claim record claim_srsc1_daiaeni_diauehi_equivalence_uncertain.
date assertion Tiglath-pileser I's campaigns naming Nairi and Daiaeni — date assertion
Evidence confidence: high
supports · provides primary evidence · Q005938, lines naming Nairi and Daiaeni
Provides the critical digital text and translation.
relationship Daiaeni — possible name and geographic continuity — Diauehi
Evidence confidence: low
supports · provides primary evidence · Daiaeni attestation
Source linked to relationship record rel_srsc1_daiaeni_possible_diauehi.
relationship Nairi lands — historical context not direct equivalence — Urartu
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · provides primary evidence · Nairi attestation
Source linked to relationship record rel_srsc1_nairi_context_for_urartu.
relationship Tiglath-pileser I northern campaign records — attests — Nairi lands
Evidence confidence: near certain
supports · provides primary evidence · Q005938 named-land passage
Source linked to relationship record rel_srsc1_tiglath_text_attests_nairi.
relationship Tiglath-pileser I northern campaign records — attests — Daiaeni
Evidence confidence: near certain
supports · provides primary evidence · Q005938 named-land passage
Source linked to relationship record rel_srsc1_tiglath_text_attests_daiaeni.
claim Assyrian campaign inscriptions attest military action and named lands but do not establish continuous administrative control across the northern highlands.
Evidence confidence: near certain
supports · provides primary evidence and genre · Royal inscription
Source linked to claim record claim_srsc1_assyrian_campaigns_not_control.
claim Nairi in Assyrian sources refers to multiple northern lands or rulers rather than a securely unified kingdom.
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports · Q005938 Nairi and Daiaeni passage
Source linked to claim record claim_srsc1_nairi_not_single_kingdom.
property assignment Diauehi — has property — External textual label
Evidence confidence: near certain
supports · supports assignment · Royal inscription naming northern lands
Source linked to property_assignment record pa_srsc1_diauehi_external_label.
property assignment Nairi lands — has property — External textual label
Evidence confidence: near certain
supports · supports assignment · Royal inscription naming northern lands
Source linked to property_assignment record pa_srsc1_nairi_lands_external_label.
property assignment Daiaeni — has property — External textual label
Evidence confidence: near certain
supports · supports assignment · Royal inscription naming northern lands
Source linked to property_assignment record pa_srsc1_daiaeni_external_label.
property assignment Uruatri — has property — External textual label
Evidence confidence: near certain
supports · supports assignment · Royal inscription naming northern lands
Source linked to property_assignment record pa_srsc1_uruatri_external_label.