Etiuḫi (Etiuni, Wite / iru (ḫe), Uṯēruḫe) was an Iron Age kingdom or a tribal coalition in the Ararat plain or in the upper Araxes valley in Transcaucasia . It is only known from Urartian inscriptions.
Diakonov and Kashkai locate it at Kağızman , Harutjunjan between Kars and Lake Sevan , others between Sarıkamış and the northwestern shore of Lake Sevan, Salvini not far from Irpuni / Erebuni .
history
Even the kings Išpuini and Menua went to the field against Etiuḫi (inscription from Toprakkale near Eleşkirt ). An inscription by the Urartian ruler Argišti from Elar north of Yerevan mentions his victory over the land of Etiuḫi and the city of Darani in the country of Uluani (KURù-lu-a-ni). The stele of Thanahat also tells of Argisti's victory over Etiuḫi.
Individual evidence
^ Adam T. Smith, The Making of an Urartian Landscape in Southern Transcaucasia: A Study of Political Architectonics. American Journal of Archeology 103/1, 1999, 49
^ M. Salvini, The historical Geography of the Sevan Region in the Urartian period, In: Raffaele Biscione, Simon Hmayakyan Neda Parmegiani (Ed.), The North-Eastern frontier Urartians and non-Urartians in the Sevan Lake basin. Rome: CNR, Istituto di studi sulle civiltà dell'Egeo e del Vicino Oriente, 2002, 37
↑ Г.А. Меликишвили, Урартские клинообразные надписи. Москва: Издательство АН СССР, 1960, No. 131
