Erebuni
 
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Erebuni , also Irbuni, is a fortress from the beginning of the 8th century BC. BC, which was built by the Urartian kings Argišti I and Sarduri II . Today Erebuni is located on the hill Arin-Berd (Ganli Tepe) in the southern part of the Armenian capital Yerevan . According to some researchers, the name Yerewans is derived from this fortress. Erebuni was abandoned under Rusa II in favor of Teišebai URU . Today one of the districts of Yerevan bears the name Erebuni ( Armenian Էրեբունի ).
Excavations
After early excavations had already taken place in the 19th century, the ruins have been systematically examined since 1947 by archaeologists from the Pushkin Museum in Moscow and the Armenian Academy of Sciences. Yerevan University has been digging in Erebuni together with UCLA Berkeley since 2007 . In Yerevan, the finds are exhibited in the Erebuni Museum, which was completed in 1968 for the city's 2750th anniversary. The museum stands at the foot of the hill on which Erebuni is located.
buildings
Erebuni's most important monument is the castle. It was built around a garden in the center. In the right part of the castle were the rooms of the king. The rest of the fortress has rooms for travelers and storage rooms; also a small temple.
Inscriptions
A dedicatory inscription from King Argišti I to the imperial god Ḫaldi reads:
“Argišti, son of Menua , built this temple and this mighty castle to the Lord Ḫaldi, the Lord . I determined Irbuni as her name, the Biai countries (= Urartu) the rule and the Lului countries (= foreign countries) the submission. Due to the size of the Ḫaldi, the Argišti, son of Menua, is the strong king, the king of the Biai countries, the shepherd of the city of Tušpa . By the power of the god Ḫaldi, Argišti, son of Menua, built this fortress to perfection and gave it the name Irpuni. (It was built) for the power of Biainili (and) for the humiliation of enemy countries. Argišti says: The land was wilderness; I've done great things here. "
literature
- Stronach, David, TER-MARTIROSOV, Felix, AYVAZIAN, Alina, COLLINS, William, DEMOS, Catherine, GHANIMATI, Soroor, Erebuni 2007. Iranica Antiqua 44, 2009.
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See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Baghdasaryan A., Simonyan A, et al. «Երևան» (Yerevan). Soviet Encyclopedia Vol. III. Yerevan 1977, pp. 548-564.
- ^ IES Edwards, John Boardman: The Cambridge Ancient History. P. 346
- ↑ Г.А. Меликишвили, Урартские клинообразные надписи. Москва: Издательство АН СССР, 1960, No. 138
Coordinates: 40 ° 8 ′ 25.8 ″ N , 44 ° 32 ′ 16.8 ″ E