An Urartian Ozymandias
Make room on the roster of great builders of the Iron Age Near East-from Solomon to Sargon-for a forgotten potentate who ruled a Urartian kingdom in the highland region around Lakes Van and Urmia. Though he inspired no legends and left a meager impression on the written record, Rusa II, the last gre...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Scholars Press
1995
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The Biblical archaeologist
Year: 1995, Volume: 58, Issue: 2, Pages: 94-100 |
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| Summary: | Make room on the roster of great builders of the Iron Age Near East-from Solomon to Sargon-for a forgotten potentate who ruled a Urartian kingdom in the highland region around Lakes Van and Urmia. Though he inspired no legends and left a meager impression on the written record, Rusa II, the last great king of Urartu, may have been the Iron Age's most energetic instigator of building projects. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Biblical archaeologist
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3210480 |