Rusa III was
king
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of
Urartu
Urartu was an Iron Age kingdom centered around the Armenian highlands between Lake Van, Lake Urmia, and Lake Sevan. The territory of the ancient kingdom of Urartu extended over the modern frontiers of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Armenia.Kleiss, Wo ...
. He was called "Rusa Erimenahi" ("the son of
Erimena"). He may have been the nephew or cousin of Rusa II. Little is known about his reign; his name was inscribed on a massive granary at
Armavir and on a series of bronze shields from the temple of
Khaldi found at
Rusahinili, now held in the
British Museum
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. There is considerable confusion over the identity of Rusa III, when he ruled, and his relationship to other kings or even the actual dates he ruled.
[ V. Sargsyan. "On the Problem of the Succession of the Biainian Kings of the Ararat (Urartu) Kingdom in the Second Half of the 8th-the First Half of the 7th Century B.C." ''Fundamental Armenology''. 2015. http://www.fundamentalarmenology.am/datas/pdfs/178.pdf]
Rusa was the father of
Sarduri IV.
See also
*
List of kings of Urartu
This article lists the kings of Urartu (Ararat or Kingdom of Van), an Iron Age kingdom centered on Lake Van in eastern Asia Minor.
Kings
See also
*List of Mesopotamian dynasties
References
*Boris Piotrovskii, ''The Ancient Civilization of Ura ...
References
Kings of Urartu
7th-century BC monarchs in Asia
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