Rusa II

Rusa II
King of Urartu
Reign680–639 BC
PredecessorArgishti II
SuccessorSarduri III
Queen consortQaquli
FatherArgishti II
MotherHasis
A cuneiform inscription of the Urartian king Rusa II commemorating the building of a canal.

Rusa II was king of Urartu between around 680 BC and 639 BC. It was during his reign that the massive fortress complex, Karmir-Blur, was constructed. He also built the fortress of Ayanis, which was known at the time by the name Rusahinili Eidurukai ("The City of Rusa in front of Mount Eiduru").

Rusa II was known to Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, as Yaya or Iaya.

A cuneiform inscription has been found commemorating the king building a canal to channel water to the city of Quarlini from the Ildaruni (Hrazdan River).

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References

  1. ↑ Salvini, Mirjo. "An Urartian Queen of the VIIth Cent. BC", in Altan Çilingiroğlu and A. Sagona (eds.), Anatolian Iron Ages 7, Peeters, 2012, pp. 99–112.
  2. ↑ Ian Lindsay and Adam T. Smith, A History of Archaeology in the Republic of Armenia, Journal of Field Archaeology, Vol. 31, No. 2, Summer, 2006:173.
  3. ↑ Çilingiroğlu, Altan (2016). "Did Weapons Dedicated to the Urartian God of Haldi Help to Save the Ayanis Fortress?". In Egg, Markus; Naso, Alessandro; Rollinger, Robert (eds.). Waffen für die Götter - Waffenweihung in Archäologie und Geschichte. Mainz: Verlag des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums. Retrieved 17 March 2026.