Urartu

LC control no.	n 90709797
Descriptive conventions	rda
Geographic heading	Urartu *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Geographic subdivision usage	Urartu
Variant(s)	Ararat
Found in	Umaṛyan, S. Ṛusa, 1988: p. 22 (Ararati) 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) 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) LC data base, 11-07-90 (subj. entry usage: Urartu)