Tushpa
Sign in to saveTushpa ( Tosp, Tushpa-Van, Akkadian: Turuspa, from Urartian tur-, to destroy i.e. victorious) was the 9th-century BC capital of Urartu, later becoming known as Van which is derived from Biainili, the native name of Urartu. The ancient ruins are located just west of modern-day Van, Turkey and east of Lake Van in Van Province. In 2016 it was inscribed in the Tentative list of World Heritage Sites in Turkey.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Tushpa
- Ancient site.image
- File:Van castle, Turkey.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- The citadel of Van and the ruins of Tushpa below
- Ancient site.map_type
- Turkey
- Ancient site.relief
- yes
- Ancient site.location
- Turkey
- Ancient site.region
- Van Province
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Urartian Kingdom
- Orontid dynasty of Armenia and Persian Empire
- Alexander the Great, the Seleucid Empire and the Kingdom of Armenia
- Byzantine Empire and Kingdom of Vaspurakan
- Seljuq Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- References
- Sources
- External links
Tushpa ( Tosp, Tushpa-Van, Akkadian: Turuspa, from Urartian tur-, to destroy i.e. victorious) was the 9th-century BC capital of Urartu, later becoming known as Van which is derived from Biainili, the native name of Urartu. The ancient ruins are located just west of modern-day Van, Turkey and east of Lake Van in Van Province. In 2016 it was inscribed in the Tentative list of World Heritage Sites in Turkey.
It was possibly pronounced as "Tospa" in ancient times as there was no symbolic O equivalent in Akkadian cuneiform so the symbol used for U was frequently substituted.