#urartian

[harminuya]

An Urartian Broze recumbent Bull, 8th-7th cent. BC, Armenia. Private collection of Mr K.A. 

[viejospellejos]

Este turco es la ÚLTIMA persona en la Tierra que sabe leer y hablar urartiano, una lengua de hace 3.000 años:

[priest-iuput]

Figure possibly a dignitary, created in the 8thC BCE, from Toprakkale.

[bagdemagus]

Belt

Bronze

Assyrian or Urartian, ca. 850-650 BCE

Iraq or Northwestern Iran

Detroit Institute of Arts, no. 1997.35

[arthistoryfeed]

#Urartian Bronze Helmet, 850-700 BC Urartu was the Assyrian Empire’s northern rival during the 9th to the 7th centuries BC. Today the ancient region of Urartu is divided among Armenia, eastern Turkey, and northwestern Iran. https://www.instagram.com/p/B5cFdq1F17o/?igshid=pvx2gb3ybpeu

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Horse's collar with winged sphinxes.

Place of origin: Near Eastern

Culture: Anatolian, Urartian, Iron Age

Date: late 9th to 7th century B.C.

Place of origin: Eastern Anatolia

Medium: Bronze

[lionofchaeronea]

Bronze head of a bull, originally attached to a cauldron rim, from the Iron Age Armenian civilization of Urartu.  Artist unknown; 8th cent. BCE.  Found at the Urartian fortress at Toprakkale, Turkey; now in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.  Photo credit: Walters Art Museum.

[archaeologicalnews]

Urartian necropolis reveals burial customs

Excavations in a Urartian necropolis in the eastern province of Van’s Çavuştepe Castle, which has been plundered by treasure hunters in recent years, provide important details about Urartian burial customs.

The Culture and Tourism Ministry has initiated excavations to rescue the necropolis in the castle. During the excavations, a tomb was unearthed with the skeletons of a man and a woman. Officials believe they were husband and wife because they were buried together.

A bronze belt, tray, seal and several bronze jewelries were also found in the tomb.

Along with the tomb of the wife and husband, a horse skeleton was also found in the search. Officials say it is the first horse skeleton unearthed in a Urartian tomb, making it the most important finding among other discoveries in the castle. Read more.