Sugunia

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Sugunia was a city mentioned by the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III.[1]

The Monolith Inscription of Salmaneser II:

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To the city of Sugunia, the stronghold of Aram[2] of the land of Ararat (Urartu), I advanced the city, I besieged, I took. Many of their warriors I slew.[3]

References

  1. The Origins of the Urartians in the Light of the Van/Karagündüz Excavations, by Veli Sevin, p.159
  2. an Urartu leader; the name is possibly a compound with the Armenian god Ara (Cambridge Ancient History, vol 3, part 1, p. 334-335)
  3. The Monolith Inscription of Salmaneser II, by James A. Craig, p.207


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