Tuspa

E743177

Tuspa is an alternative name for Tushpa, the ancient capital city of the Urartian kingdom located near modern-day Lake Van in eastern Turkey.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tuspa canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city
former capital
alternativeNameOf Tushpa NERFINISHED
archaeologicalExcavationsBy Turkish archaeologists
international archaeological teams
associatedWithCulture Urartian culture NERFINISHED
associatedWithLanguage Urartian language NERFINISHED
capitalOf Urartian kingdom NERFINISHED
countryInAntiquity Urartu NERFINISHED
flourishedInCentury 8th century BCE
9th century BCE
followedBy Achaemenid Persian control of the region
function administrative center
military stronghold
political center of Urartu
religious center of Urartu
geographicalContext Eastern Turkey NERFINISHED
governedBy Urartian kings NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Biaina fortress (context of Urartu) NERFINISHED
Tosp NERFINISHED
Tushpa NERFINISHED
hasArchaeologicalSite Van Fortress NERFINISHED
hasFeature palatial complexes
storage facilities
terraced fortifications
water management installations
heritageStatus important archaeological heritage site of Turkey
knownFor cyclopean stone fortifications
rock-cut chambers
royal inscriptions
locatedIn Urartian kingdom NERFINISHED
locatedInHistoricalRegion Armenian Highlands NERFINISHED
locatedInPresentDay Turkey
locatedInRegion Eastern Anatolia NERFINISHED
locatedNear Lake Van NERFINISHED
locatedOn eastern shore of Lake Van
modernSettlementNearby Van NERFINISHED
notableRulerAssociated King Argishti I NERFINISHED
King Menua NERFINISHED
King Sarduri I NERFINISHED
partOf Urartian defensive system
precededBy earlier local settlements around Lake Van
regionNow Van Province NERFINISHED
situatedOn rocky promontory above Lake Van
strategicLocation overlooking trade routes around Lake Van
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE
Early Iron Age NERFINISHED

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tushpa hasAlternativeName Tuspa