Sarduri IV (, unknown–595 BC) was one of the last
kings 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 ...
, reigning from 615 to 595 BC.
Sarduri IV was the son and successor of
Rusa III.
Little is known about his reign, except that his kingdom was being invaded by
Assyria
Assyria (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , ''māt Aššur'') was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization that existed as a city-state from the 21st century BC to the 14th century BC and eventually expanded into an empire from the 14th century BC t ...
n forces from the south, east and west, as well as by the
Medes
The Medes were an Iron Age Iranian peoples, Iranian people who spoke the Median language and who inhabited an area known as Media (region), Media between western Iran, western and northern Iran. Around the 11th century BC, they occupied the m ...
from the east and the
Scythians
The Scythians ( or ) or Scyths (, but note Scytho- () in composition) and sometimes also referred to as the Pontic Scythians, were an Ancient Iranian peoples, ancient Eastern Iranian languages, Eastern Iranian peoples, Iranian Eurasian noma ...
from the north.
He died without
issue
Issue or issues may refer to:
Publishing
* ''Issue'' (company), a mobile publishing company
* ''Issue'' (magazine), a monthly Korean comics anthology magazine
* Issue (postal service), a stamp or a series of stamps released to the public
* '' ...
and was succeeded by his brother
Rusa IV.
[Urartu at Livius.org](_blank)
/ref>
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
Further reading
* Boris Piotrovskii, ''The Ancient Civilization of Urartu'', London, 1969.
* Igor Diakonoff
Igor Mikhailovich Diakonoff (occasionally spelled Diakonov, ; 12 January 1915 – 2 May 1999) was a Russian historian, linguist, and translator and a renowned expert on the Ancient Near East and its languages. His brothers were also distinguis ...
, ''The Pre-History of the Armenian People'', Caravan Books, New York, 1988.
* M. Chahin, ''The Kingdom of Armenia'', Curzon, London, 2001.
* Գ. Ղափանցյան, Ուրարտուի պատմությունը, Yerevan, 1940, pp. 143–152 (in Armenian)
* Пиотровский Б. Б., Ванское царство (Урарту), Moscow, 1959 (in Russian)
* Арутюнян Н. В., Биайнили (Урарту), Published by Academy of Sciences of Armenian SSR, Yerevan, 1970 (in Russian).
* Арутюнян Н. В., Некоторые вопросы последнего периода истории Урарту // Древний Восток, Published by Academy of Sciences of Armenian SSR, Yerevan, No. 2, 1976 (in Russian)
* Дьяконов И. М., Последние годы Урартского государства по ассиро-вавилонским источникам // Вестник Древней Истории, No 2, 1951 (in Russian)
Kings of Urartu
7th-century BC monarchs in Asia
6th-century BC monarchs in Asia
{{ANE-bio-stub