Sarduri IV ( hy, Սարդուր IV, unknown–595 BC) was one of the last
kings
Kings or King's may refer to:
*Monarchs: The sovereign heads of states and/or nations, with the male being kings
*One of several works known as the "Book of Kings":
**The Books of Kings part of the Bible, divided into two parts
**The ''Shahnameh'' ...
of
Urartu
Urartu (; Assyrian: ',Eberhard Schrader, ''The Cuneiform inscriptions and the Old Testament'' (1885), p. 65. Babylonian: ''Urashtu'', he, אֲרָרָט ''Ararat'') is a geographical region and Iron Age kingdom also known as the Kingdom of Va ...
, 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: , romanized: ''māt Aššur''; syc, ܐܬܘܪ, ʾāthor) was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization which existed as a city-state at times controlling regional territories in the indigenous lands of the As ...
n forces from the south, east and west, as well as by the
Medes from the east and the
Scythians
The Scythians or Scyths, and sometimes also referred to as the Classical Scythians and the Pontic Scythians, were an ancient Eastern
* : "In modern scholarship the name 'Sakas' is reserved for the ancient tribes of northern and eastern Cent ...
from the north.
He died without
issue and was succeeded by his brother
Rusa IV
Rusa IV (died 585 BC) was king of Urartu from 590 BC to 585 BC. Rusa IV was the son and a successor of Rusa III, and the successor of Sarduri IV. His name is mentioned on a number of clay tablets found at Karmir Blur (near Yerevan, Armenia), ...
.
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See also
* List of kings of Urartu
References
Further reading
* Boris Piotrovskii, ''The Ancient Civilization of Urartu'', London, 1969.
* Igor Diakonoff, ''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)
Urartian kings
7th-century BC rulers
6th-century BC rulers
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