Urartu
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Variants
- Ararat
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Sources
- found: Umaṛyan, S. Ṛusa, 1988:p. 22 (Ararati)
- found: Haykakan sovet. hanragit., 1986- :v. 12 (Urartu, from Akkadian mâṭ Urarṭu "Urartu country", in ancient Armenian sources Araratu erkir, Araraday erkir, Araratean tʻagaworutʻiwn, Ayrarat, 9th-6th c. BC, first unified state of Armenia; earlier 14th-10th c. BC Assyrian cuneiform inscriptions mention "Nairi" countries or principalities, in Assyro-Babylonian Urartu, Urashtu, ancient Hebrew Urart, Arart, Urarat, Ararat)
- found: Enc. Brit., c1982(Urartu, Assyrian name for the kingdom established in the area surrounding Lake Van, an imperial power between 9th-7th c. BC, Hebrew form Ararat; in 13th c. BC Assyrian inscriptions it appears as tribal name Uruatri; the Urartians disappeared and were replaced by the Armenians)
- found: LC data base, 11-07-90(subj. entry usage: Urartu)
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Change Notes
- 1990-10-30: new
- 2014-01-11: revised
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