Karmir Blur hill
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Karmir Blur hill is an archaeological site in Armenia known for the remains of the ancient Urartian fortress-city of Teishebaini.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site
ⓘ
hill ⓘ |
| abandoned | late 7th century BCE ⓘ |
| archaeologicalExcavationsBegan | 1939 ⓘ |
| archaeologicalStratigraphy | Urartian layers over earlier occupation traces ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Kingdom of Urartu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains | Teishebaini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Armenia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Urartian ⓘ |
| currentUse | open-air archaeological site ⓘ |
| discoveredRemainsOf |
bronze artifacts
ⓘ
fortress walls ⓘ grain storage jars ⓘ inscribed cuneiform tablets ⓘ palace complex ⓘ pottery ⓘ storage rooms ⓘ wine cellars ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 65 meters above surrounding plain ⓘ |
| excavatedBy |
Boris Piotrovsky
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Soviet archaeologists ⓘ |
| governedBy | Urartian local governor of Teishebaini ⓘ |
| hasViewOf | Hrazdan River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritage | Urartian archaeology ⓘ |
| knownFor | remains of the Urartian fortress-city Teishebaini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Armenia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yerevan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | left bank of the Hrazdan River ⓘ |
| materialFound |
agricultural tools
ⓘ
clay tablets ⓘ iron weapons ⓘ ritual objects ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Red Hill ⓘ |
| near |
Erebuni Fortress
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
modern city center of Yerevan ⓘ |
| partOf |
Erebuni District
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
historical region of Ararat Plain ⓘ |
| period | Iron Age ⓘ |
| protectionStatus | national heritage site of Armenia ⓘ |
| significance |
important for study of Iron Age Armenia
ⓘ
important for understanding Urartian military architecture ⓘ key site for study of Urartian urbanism ⓘ |
| timeOfOccupation | 7th century BCE ⓘ |
| tourism | visited by tourists and researchers ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Fortress of Teishebaini