Rusa IV (died 585 BC) was
king
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of
Urartu
Urartu (; Assyrian: ',Eberhard Schrader, ''The Cuneiform inscriptions and the Old Testament'' (1885), p. 65. Babylonian: ''Urashtu'', he, אֲרָרָט ''Ararat'') is a geographical region and Iron Age kingdom also known as the Kingdom of Va ...
from 590 BC to 585 BC. Rusa IV was the son and a successor of
Rusa III
Rusa III was king of Urartu. He was called "Rusa Erimenahi" ("the son of Erimena"). He may have been the nephew or cousin of Rusa II. Little is known about his reign; his name was inscribed on a massive granary at Armavir and on a series of bron ...
, and the successor of
Sarduri IV
Sarduri IV ( hy, Սարդուր IV, unknown–595 BC) was one of the last kings of Urartu, reigning from 615 to 595 BC.
Sarduri IV was the son and successor of Rusa III. Little is known about his reign, except that his kingdom was being invaded ...
. His name is mentioned on a number of clay tablets found at
Karmir Blur
Teishebaini (also Teshebani, modern Karmir Blur ( hy, Կարմիր Բլուր) referring more to the hill that the fortress is located upon) was the capital of the Transcaucasian provinces of the ancient kingdom of Urartu. It is located near the ...
(near
Yerevan
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,
Armenia
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), including tablets bearing his own royal inscriptions. However, almost nothing is known about his reign. He is possibly the Hrachya (
Armenian
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: Հրաչյա) mentioned by the
Armenian
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historian
Moses of Khorene.
See also
*
List of kings of Urartu
This article lists the kings of Urartu (Ararat or Kingdom of Van), an Iron Age kingdom centered on Lake Van in eastern Asia Minor.
Early kings
*Arame (also Aramu, Arama) 858 BC–844 BC
*Lutipri 844 BC–834 BC (?)
Rise to power
*Sarduri ...
References
* Գ. Ղափանցյան, Ուրարտուի պատմությունը, Yerevan, 1940, pp. 143–152 (in Armenian)
* Пиотровский Б. Б., Ванское царство (Урарту), Moscow, 1959 (in Russian)
* Арутюнян Н. В., Биайнили (Урарту), Published by Academy of Sciences of Armenian SSR, Yerevan, 1970 (in Russian).
* Арутюнян Н. В., Некоторые вопросы последнего периода истории Урарту // Древний Восток, Published by Academy of Sciences of Armenian SSR, Yerevan, No. 2, 1976 (in Russian)
* Дьяконов И. М., Последние годы Урартского государства по ассиро-вавилонским источникам // Вестник Древней Истории, No 2, 1951 (in Russian)
Urartian kings
6th-century BC rulers
585 BC deaths
Year of birth unknown
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