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INDEX OF GODS, PERSONS, PEOPLES, AND PLACES
Because some places and people mentioned in this book have more than one name (for example an Urartian,
an Assyrian and a modern or traditional name), because these names are spelled in various ways by different
authors and because there are several people and places with the same name (e.g. Rusa, Sarduri,
Argishtihinili), we have included information in the index entries, which will help to distinguish the various
references.
The index is not intended to be a comprehensive concordance of all the names that are mentioned in this
volume: many names are not included either because they are names that the reader is not likely to want to
look up in the index (for example SS Athenia (p. 4) the ship in which the finds from Van were not transported
at the beginning of the Second World War) or because the references are too frequent or too general to make
it useful to list them (e.g. Assyria, Urartu, Biainili etc.). When a large number of names are listed in the text,
as for example the list of Urartian gods in Table 01.04 on p. 29 or the list of surveyed sites in NW Iran on
pp. 86-88, these are included only when they are also discussed elsewhere in the volume. The numerous page
references for the most frequently mentioned entries, such as the names of the Urartian kings and the principal
sites where Urartian remains have been found, have been subdivided according to subject in a not always
entirely successful attempt to make them more informative for the reader.
For maps showing the locations of the main Urartian archaeological sites and inscriptions see Figs. 01.02,
01.05-11, 01.15 and 14.01-02. In order to avoid confusion and to save space we have included the names
of the fathers of the rulers of Urartu abbreviated to the first letter of their names, as explained on pp. 12 and
187-8, thus Argishti M for Argishti son of Minua and Rusa S for Rusa son of Sarduri. When it has been
thought useful, dates have been included in brackets before the page numbers. In the case of Assyrian eponym
officials the dates are those when they held that office. In other cases they are the dates when the individual is
attested. All dates are BC.
Minor variations in spelling have been normalised without comment: for example, Adad-nerari even though
some authors have chosen to spell it as Adad-narari or Adad-nirari. In other cases brackets have been used
to indicate variant spellings e.g. Abaliuqunu (Abaluqunu, Abliuqnu). Words beginning with S are to be found
under Sh, other special letters, such as Ç, ∑, Ë and , are entered as if the diacritical marks were not there.
A
Abaliuqunu (Abaluqunu, Abliuqnu), Urartian provincial governor
of [x]-pa (perhaps the province opposite
Musasir), 205
Adad-nerari I, king of Assyria (1305-1274), 246
Adad-nerari II, king of Assyria (911-891), 256-7, 428
Adad-nerari III, king of Assyria (810-783), 136, 139, 147,
150, 158
Adamhan, Urartian rock inscription of Sarduri A, 16
Adaruta, Urartian god, 29, 248 see also Andaruttu Mount
Adilcevaz, settlement near Kef Kalesi, 4-5, 19, 32-3, 62, 106,
311, 392, 395 see also Kef Kalesi
bronze belt, 392, 395
cemetery, 32-3
dam, 62
inscription of Rusa A, 107, 116, 185
stone doorway relief, 31, 35, 56, 196, 370-1 Fig. 24.24
Adramelos, 222 see also Arda-mullissi
Adrammelech, 222 see also Arda-mullissi
Agrab Tepe, archaeological site SW of Lake Urmia, 81, 88,
183, 265, 267, 269, 272-6, 278-9, 383
Ahat-abisha (Ahat-abisa), daughter of Sargon II and wife of
Ambaris, king of Tabal, 155, 212
Ahiram, king of Byblos, sarcophagus of, 342-3 Fig. 23.03a
Aisa Mount, near Musasir, 245 see also Uaisa
Ajabshir, rock inscription see Javangaleh
Alamu, town between Musasir and Arba’il, 209, 248
Allahverdikand, Urartian fortress, N of Lake Urmia, 62, 65,
79-80, 82, 87