Ayanis
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Birgit Christiansen Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Birgit Christiansen Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
May 09, 2023 01:15 PM
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History
Ayanis (or Ayanıs, now Ağartı Kalesi) is an Urartean fortress and settlement located 35 km north of Van on a rocky outcrop 250 m above Lake Van (1867 m above sea level). It was founded in the 7th century BCE under Rusa, son of Argišti, and was named Rusahinili Eidurukai ("The City of Rusa in front of Mount Eiduru"). Here two inscriptions of Rusa, son of Argišti (7th century BCE), have been found which report that Rusa cultivated the barren land, built the fortress and the city as well as a “tower temple” (“susi temple”) and a “Gate for the God Haldi” (A 12-01 and A 12-09).
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/722596019
38.7083055466, 43.2113185884
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Ayanıs Kalesi (900 BC - 600 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- CIGS location of Ayanıs (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Ayanis Kalesi (Turkish, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Ayanıs (Turkish, modern)
- Ağartı Kalesi (Turkish, modern)
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- Ayanis (Turkish, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Ayanis part of (administrative) Urartu (900 BC - 600 BC)
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settlement, archaeological site, fort, tower (deprecated)
Pleiades
Birgit Christiansen , Gabriel Mckee, Carolin Johansson, Noah Kaye, Tom Elliott, and Rune Rattenborg, 'Ayanis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/722596019> [accessed: 18 April 2024]
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