Urartu

American  

[oo-rahr-too] / ʊˈrɑr tu /

noun

1. an ancient kingdom, c1270–750 b.c., in E Turkey, on the shore of Lake Van: often invaded by Assyria.

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Example Sentences

By comparing the identical inscriptions, the scholars of the University of Michigan hope to improve their knowledge of the Urartu language, and read from their ancient monuments the stone-written history of the ancient Urartu nation.

From Time Magazine Archive

A promising key to Urartu writing is the green stone in the pass�a sort of Rosetta Stone* with identical inscriptions in both Assyrian and Urartu.

From Time Magazine Archive

The northern side of the stone, facing the Urartu country, repeats the boast in Urartu.

From Time Magazine Archive

So soon as movements in Urartu and south-western Asia Minor had been suppressed, and, more important, Babylon, which his father had dishonoured, was appeased, Esarhaddon took up the incomplete conquest.

From The Ancient East by Hogarth, D. G. (David George)

This capital of Urartu held out against a long siege, and at length the Assyrian army withdrew.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir