Musasir
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Musasir was an ancient Urartian city and religious center in the Armenian Highlands, renowned for its prominent temple dedicated to the god Haldi.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
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archaeological site ⓘ religious center ⓘ |
| archaeologicalStatus |
exact location debated
ⓘ
not securely identified on the ground ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Assyrian Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of Urartu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attackedBy | Sargon II of Assyria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryInAntiquity | Urartu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Urartian ⓘ |
| economicRole | rich cultic and treasury center ⓘ |
| flourishedInCentury |
8th century BCE
ⓘ
9th century BCE ⓘ |
| geopoliticalImportance | strategic location between Urartu and Assyria ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Ardini
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ardini (Musasir) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDepiction | reliefs from the palace of Sargon II at Dur-Sharrukin ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
fortified temple complex
ⓘ
mountainous surroundings ⓘ |
| hasIconography | depictions of a columned temple façade in Assyrian art ⓘ |
| hasLanguageContext |
Akkadian (in Assyrian sources)
ⓘ
Urartian language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStructure | Temple of Haldi at Musasir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheonymicAssociation | Haldi, chief god of Urartu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
major cult center of Haldi
ⓘ
temple of the god Haldi ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Armenian Highlands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
region associated with ancient Urartu ⓘ |
| mainDeity | Haldi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedBy |
Sargon II of Assyria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Assyrian royal inscriptions ⓘ |
| partOf | Kingdom of Urartu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalRole |
contested between Urartu and Assyria
ⓘ
vassal city of Urartu at times ⓘ |
| regionNowIn | area of modern northern Iraq / southeastern Turkey (approximate) ⓘ |
| religion | Urartian religion ⓘ |
| religiousFunction | cult center ⓘ |
| sackConsequence | weakening of Urartian power in the region ⓘ |
| sackedIn | 714 BCE ⓘ |
| sackRecordedIn | Sargon II’s campaign annals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sacredStatus | holy city for the Urartians ⓘ |
| sourceType |
Assyrian reliefs
ⓘ
cuneiform inscriptions ⓘ |
| templeDedicatedTo | Haldi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 1st millennium BCE ⓘ |
| worshipPractices | offerings and sacrifices to Haldi ⓘ |
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