Teishebaini

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Teishebaini was an ancient Urartian fortress-city near modern Yerevan in Armenia, notable for its well-preserved archaeological remains and insights into Urartian urban life and military architecture.

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Teishebaini canonical 3

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Urartian city ⓘ
ancient fortress-city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
archaeologicalExcavationBegan 1930s ⓘ
culture Urartian ⓘ
linked to: Urartian language
dedicatedTo Teisheba ⓘ
destroyedBy fire ⓘ
destroyedInCentury 6th century BCE ⓘ
excavatedBy Boris Piotrovsky ⓘ
Soviet archaeologists ⓘ
flourishedInCentury 7th century BCE ⓘ
foundedInCentury 7th century BCE ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Karmir Blur ⓘ
Red Hill ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalStratum Urartian period ⓘ
hasFeature administrative buildings ⓘ
citadel ⓘ
fortification walls ⓘ
gates ⓘ
grain storage rooms ⓘ
palatial buildings ⓘ
residential quarters ⓘ
storage facilities ⓘ
towers ⓘ
water supply system ⓘ
wine cellars ⓘ
hasFind agricultural tools ⓘ
bronze artifacts ⓘ
food remains ⓘ
inscribed tablets ⓘ
iron weapons ⓘ
pottery ⓘ
seals ⓘ
hasFunction administrative center ⓘ
military fortress ⓘ
urban settlement ⓘ
hasSignificance important for understanding Iron Age Transcaucasia ⓘ
key site for study of Urartu ⓘ
knownFor inscribed artifacts ⓘ
insights into Urartian military architecture ⓘ
insights into Urartian urban life ⓘ
large storage jars ⓘ
well-preserved architecture ⓘ
locatedIn Armenia ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Republic of Armenia ⓘ
linked to: Armenia
locatedNear Hrazdan River ⓘ
Yerevan ⓘ
linked to: Yerevan, Armenia
locatedOn Karmir Blur hill ⓘ
namedAfter Teisheba ⓘ
partOf Kingdom of Urartu ⓘ
timePeriod Iron Age ⓘ

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

Karmir Blur → hasAlternativeName → Teishebaini ⓘ
Karmir Blur hill → contains → Teishebaini ⓘ