Urartian cuneiform
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Urartian cuneiform is an ancient script, adapted from Neo-Assyrian cuneiform, used to write the language of the Iron Age kingdom of Urartu in the Armenian Highlands.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Urartian cuneiform canonical | 1 |
| Urartian inscriptions | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cuneiform script
ⓘ
writing system ⓘ |
| associatedCulture | Urartian civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithSite |
Erebuni
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Karmir Blur NERFINISHED ⓘ Tushpa NERFINISHED ⓘ Van Fortress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterType |
determinatives
ⓘ
logograms ⓘ syllabograms ⓘ |
| deciphermentStatus | largely deciphered ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Neo-Assyrian cuneiform ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Akkadian cuneiform NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamilyOfLanguageWritten | Hurro-Urartian languages ⓘ |
| mainMedium |
bronze objects
ⓘ
building inscriptions ⓘ clay tablets ⓘ rock inscriptions ⓘ stone inscriptions ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
building dedications
ⓘ
commemorative inscriptions ⓘ royal proclamations ⓘ |
| region |
Armenian Highlands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eastern Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ South Caucasus NERFINISHED ⓘ northwestern Iran ⓘ |
| relatedScript |
Assyrian cuneiform
ⓘ
Babylonian cuneiform ⓘ |
| scriptFeatures |
adapted Assyrian sign values to Urartian phonology
ⓘ
reduced sign inventory compared to Neo-Assyrian cuneiform ⓘ |
| scriptStatus | extinct ⓘ |
| scriptType | logo-syllabic script ⓘ |
| scriptUser |
Urartian administration
ⓘ
Urartian kings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeOfUse |
7th century BCE
ⓘ
8th century BCE ⓘ 9th century BCE ⓘ |
| unicodeStatus | not yet encoded as a separate Unicode block (as of 2024) ⓘ |
| usedIn | Kingdom of Urartu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInPeriod | Iron Age ⓘ |
| writingDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| writingSystemFamily | cuneiform ⓘ |
| writingSystemFor | Urartian language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystemScope |
primarily monumental inscriptions
ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Urartian inscriptions