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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Karmir Blur hill canonical 2
Red Hill in Armenian 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ
contains Teishebaini ⓘ
country Armenia ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Soviet archaeologists ⓘ
governedBy Urartian local governor of Teishebaini ⓘ
hasViewOf Hrazdan River valley ⓘ
linked to: Hrazdan River gorge
heritage Urartian archaeology ⓘ
knownFor remains of the Urartian fortress-city Teishebaini ⓘ
locatedIn Armenia ⓘ
Yerevan ⓘ
linked to: Yerevan, Armenia
locatedOn left bank of the Hrazdan River ⓘ
materialFound agricultural tools ⓘ
clay tablets ⓘ
iron weapons ⓘ
ritual objects ⓘ
nameMeaning Red Hill ⓘ
near Erebuni Fortress ⓘ
linked to: fortress of Erebuni

modern city center of Yerevan ⓘ
partOf Erebuni District ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Fortress of Teishebaini → locatedOn → Karmir Blur hill ⓘ
subject linked to: fortress of Teishebaini
Teishebaini → locatedOn → Karmir Blur hill ⓘ
Red Hill → hasToponymMeaning → Red Hill in Armenian ⓘ
linked to: Karmir Blur hill