Chronicle 7, 15–18 (year 547 BCE): ⌈Ú⌉‐[raš‐ṭu (Cyrus II)
Babylonian sources of the sixth century: LÚUraštaja (nisbe)
Babylonian Map of the World: Urašṭu
Darius I (521–486 BCE), Bisutun: Urašṭu/Armina
Xerxes (485–464 BCE): Urašṭu/Armina
Darius II (424–404 BCE): Urašṭu
Artaxerxes II (404–359 BCE) or III (359–358 BCE) (Persepolis): Arminiya
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FURTHER READING
1 Biainili‐Urarṭu (2012). The Proceedings of the Symposium Held in Munich 12–14 October 2007/Tagungsbericht des Münchener Symposiums 12.–14. Oktober 2007 (Ed. By S. Kroll, C. Gruber, U. Hellwag, M. Roaf, and P. Zimansky) (Acta Iranica 51). Louvain: Peeters. A transdisciplinary and up‐to‐date discussion of Urartian history.
2 Haas, V. (ed.) (1986). Das Reich Urartu. Konstanz: Universitätsverlag Konstanz. Contributions about some aspects of the Urartian history and culture.
3 Kroll, S., Gruber, C., Hellwag, U., Roaf, M., and Zimanski, P. (eds.) (2012). The Proceedings of the Symposium Held in Munich 12–14 October 2007 (Acta Iranica 51). Louvain: Peeters. The most recent and richest analysis of aspects of the Urartian civilization, provided by many of the best Orientalists: historians, philologists, and archaeologists. Bibliography is the most complete and up to date.
4 Piotrovsky, B.B. (1967). Urartu: The Kingdom of Van and its Art (trans. and ed. P.S. Gelling). London, New York: Praeger. First general presentation in English of the Urartian art production mainly from the excavations of Karmir‐blur in Armenia.
5 CTU = M. Salvini. (n.d.) Corpus dei testi urartei (vols I–III, Roma 2008; vol. IV, Roma 2012; vol. V, Paris 2018). Roma: Istituto di Studi