Arzaškun
possible location of Arzaškun |
Arzaškun or Arzaschkun (in publications also wrongly Arzaskun; Urartian Arsis-sa , Assyrian Arzaškun, Arṣaškun ) was also the name of the former royal city and the province in Nairi , about 150 kilometers northwest of Lake Van . King Arama of Arzaškun, like other kings in this region at the same time, held the title of King of Nairi . The city was surrounded by a double wall with integrated watchtowers.
Shalmaneser III destroyed the city in his third year of reign as part of a campaign against Ahuni by Til Barsip in 856 BC. BC Arama fled to the nearby mountains. There was no reconstruction. In addition to Arzaškun, Shalmaneser attacked Alzi , Suhni , Daiaeni , Tumme , Gilzânu and Hubuškia after his report on the black obelisk on this campaign .
Sarduri I. built the royal city of Tušpa on Lake Van after the founding of the Urartu state .
The location of Arzaškun is controversial. Some historians identify the ruins west of Malazgirt with Ardzik of Armenian history , near the Arsanias River in today's Turkish province of Mus , while other researchers suspect them to be on Lake Urmia . Because the Kurhk stele Musasir was under the conquests of Shalmaneser III. in Urartu, while all other inscriptions from Shalmaneser III. Mentioning Arzaškun instead of Musasir at this point , Miroslav Salvini believes it is possible that Arzaškun was significantly further south than is commonly assumed.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dietz-Otto Edzard, Wolfgang Schramm 1993, p. 71.
- ^ Black Obelisk, 35ff
- ^ M. Salvini, keyword "Muṣaṣir", Reallexikon der Assyriologie
literature
- Dietz-Otto Edzard : Real Lexicon of Assyriology and Near Eastern Archeology (RLA). Vol. 1a. de Gruyter, Berlin 1993, p. 130. ISBN 3-11-004451-X (repr.)
- Bertold Spuler: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Part 1: Introduction to the Assyrian royal inscriptions. Part 2: 934-722 BC By Wolfgang Schramm. Brill, Leiden 1973. ISBN 90-04-03783-7
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