Muṣaṣir (Assyrian cuneiform: Mu-ṣa-ṣir and variants, including Mutsatsir, Akkadian for Exit of the Serpent/Snake ), in Urartian Ardini was an ancient city of Urartu , attested in Assyrian sources of the 9th and 8th centuries BC.
13-679: It was acquired by the Urartian King Ishpuini ca. 800 BC (see the Kelashin Stele ). The city's tutelary deity was Ḫaldi . The city's location is not known with certainty, although there are a number of hypotheses, all in the general area of 36°N 46°E / 36°N 46°E / 36; 46 , in the Zagros south of Lake Urmia . François Thureau-Dangin tentatively located it at Mudjesir , 10 km west of Topzawa . Reza Heidari, an archaeologist of
26-523: Is a town in Muş Province of Turkey . It is the seat of Korkut District . Its population is 3,409 (2022). The mayor is Sami Pekbay ( AKP ). Human settlement of the area is at least 10,000 years. Korkut has a tell from which the town derived its old name. This tell is estimated to be dated to the Old Bronze Age (around 3000 BC) but has not been examined archaeologically. In the 9th century BC,
39-632: The "Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization" of Iran's West Azarbaijan Province claims Rabat city near Sardasht , Iran as the location of Muṣaṣir. H. F. B. Lynch claimed that it was close to the modern town of Rawandiz in Iraqi Kurdistan . Urartologist Paul Zimansky speculated that the Urartians (or at least the ruling family) may have emigrated northwest into the Lake Van region from Musasir. The Musasir temple , built in 825 BC,
52-690: The British Museum and the Louvre. However, a convoy of antiquities was attacked by Arab robbers while being shipped down the Tigris River , and today lies buried somewhere in the bed of that river. That particular bas-relief was copied at its original location in the palace onto a drawing by Eugene Flandin(2) as Botta's chief artist. During these Assyrian campaigns, Bianili (Urartu) was ruled by Sarduri and later by his son Rusa ( Armenian : Հրաչյա Hrachya , according to Movses Khorenatsi ) with
65-540: The 9th century, the town came under the control of a rival Armenian kingdom the Bagratians. This lasted until, In 967, the Byzantine Empire took control of western Anatolyia . Seyit İbrahim Türk took the town in the 11th century, and it was about this time that the earliest references to the name Til are recorded. Legend holds that The Byzantine emperor Basileios who was elected Byzantine emperor in 867,
78-698: The area was part of the Urartu state. Apart from the Kepenek Castle inscription, another inscription proving the existence of the Urartian Kingdom in the geography of Muş is the Alazlı /Tirmet inscription. The inscription in question is located 25.5 km east of Muş province and 6.2 km south of Korkut district. In the inscription, the war fought by the Urartian king Menua is mentioned: Menua,
91-423: The capital at Tushpa ( Classical Armenian : Տոսպ Tosp ) on the eastern shore of Lake Van . During Rusa I's reign (735-714 BC), Musasir was governed by a king named Urzana. First capital city until 832 B.C. Second capital city from 832 B.C. Ishpuini of Urartu Ishpuini (also Ishpuinis ) ( r. 828 – 810 BCE ) was king of Urartu . He succeeded his father, Sarduri I , who moved
104-632: The capital to Tushpa (Van). Ishpuini conquered the Mannaean city of Musasir , which was then made the religious center of the empire. The main temple for the war god Haldi was in Musasir. Ishpuini's kingdom was then attacked by the forces of the Assyrian King Shamshi-Adad V . Ishpuini fought and defeated Shamshi-Adad. Ishpuini was so confident in his power that he began using names meaning everlasting glory, including, "King of
117-444: The inscription, the war fought by the Urartian king Menua is mentioned: Menua, the son of İşpuini, brought this stone to our Lord Haldi. he sewed. Tann Haldi went on a military expedition with his spear. He captured the city of Trtimi in the territory of the country of Urme. This Ancient Near East biographical article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Korkut Korkut ( Kurdish : Têlî )
130-458: The land of Nairi ", "Glorious King", and "King of the Universe". Ishpuini was succeeded by his son, Menua . Apart from the Kepenek Castle inscription, another inscription proving the existence of the Urartian Kingdom in the geography of Muş is the Alazlı /Tirmet inscription. The inscription in question is located 25.5 km east of Muş province and 6.2 km south of Korkut district. In
143-456: The son of İşpuini, brought this stone to our Lord Haldi. he sewed. Tann Haldi went on a military expedition with his spear. He captured the city of Trtimi in the territory of the country of Urme. The Armenian Taron kingdom ruled the town from the 4th century until the beginning of the 9th century, and the Christian diocese of Taron still holds nominal sway in the area as a titular see . In
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#1732772382193156-557: Was an important temple in Musasir, the holy city of Urartu . The Temple at Musasir appears in an Assyrian bas-relief which adorned the palace of King Sargon II at Khorsabad , to commemorate his victory over "the seven kings of Urartu" in 714 BC. (1802 - 1870) During the early 1850s, the British Assyrian Excavation Fund entered the field under William Kennett Loftus and many antiquities and accurate drawings of wall sculptures were apportioned between
169-551: Was originally a Til peasant. Records of the Armenian church records that in 1890 there were 40 Armenian households in the village and 20 Kurdish. Although the church records show that by 1910 there were only 20 Armenian households and 1000 Kurdish the true figure is probably about 50 Armenian households. The Armenian church records that at the Armenian Genocide there were 52 Armenian households. Before World War I
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