Lutipri was the father of the
Urartian king
Sarduri I.
Lutipri may have ruled Urartu between 844 and 834 BCE, in a period of obscurity after the destruction of the former capital
Arzashkun
Arzashkun or Arṣashkun was the capital of the early kingdom of Urartu in the 9th century BC, before Sarduri I moved it to Tushpa in 832 BC. Arzashkun had double walls and towers, but was captured by Shalmaneser III in the 850s BC.
Name
Arz ...
by
Shalmaneser III
Shalmaneser III (''Šulmānu-ašarēdu'', "the god Shulmanu is pre-eminent") was king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 859 BC to 824 BC.
His long reign was a constant series of campaigns against the eastern tribes, the Babylonians, the nations o ...
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As Sarduri I may have established a new dynasty, it is possible that his father, Lutipri, was not actually a king of Urartu.
[Urartian Material Culture As State Assemblage: An Anomaly in the Archaeology of Empire, Paul Zimansky, Page 103 of 103-115.]
Attestation
An inscription, in Assyrian cuneiform, on a small fortification west of the citadel of
Tushpa, mentions his son as builder of a wall, and it is likely that he is in fact the founder of the town.
The inscription reads:
References
See also
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List of kings of Urartu
Kings of Urartu
9th-century BC monarchs
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