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Topic: The army of the ancient Kingdom of Urartu
Posted: 18-Dec-2015 at 04:47
For information on, and drawings of, Urartu soldiers see
Urartu: The Kingdom of Van, Opposition for the Assyrians
, an article by Clive Naseby
and
Urartian Infantryman in
Armies and Enemies of Ancient Egypt and Assyria, 3200BC to 612BC
by Alan Buttery
Urartian Chief by Alan Buttery
Urartian Bronze quiver & helmet: embossed with horsemen and chariots, belonging to Sardur II, 7thC BC. State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg
Statuette of soldier. Urartian, 8th-7thC BC. Musée du Louvre
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Nadir Shah Afshar of Persia
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Posted: 26-Dec-2015 at 18:47
The illustrations by Alan Buttery may not be ethnic Uratians, but, Iranians from the western Zagros mountains.
The
Iranian Warrior, 8th Century BC, in
Armies of the Ancient Near East 3,000 BC to 539 BC
by Nigel Stillman & Nigel Tallis
is based on
sculptures of Sargon II at Dur-Sharrukin (Khorsabad; 'Sargon's city'), room 14, 'The Assyrians Besiege and Assault the city of Pazashi (Panzish), in 715BC'
Manna is on the map - south of Lake Urmia
within the maximum extent of the Urartian kingdom, so Mannai warriors could appear in a Uratian army as auxiliaries or allies. Zikirtu is just east of Manna.
A similar source is
sculptures of Sargon II at Dur-Sharrukin (Khorsabad; 'Sargon's city'), room 2, 'The Assyrians capture Ganguhtu, Bit Bagaya, and Kiundau, and accept the surrender of Tikrakka', in 716BC
One man
(upper right) has a shield with chevron pattern
. The theory of its construction may be influenced by a
Sassanid leather and reed shield, from Dura-Europos, at Yale University Art Gallery
.
Other Western Zagros Iranians have shields with brick or cross-hash pattern
. The
shield grip
is shown.
Most of the defenders wear the skin-cloak on the right side. An arm hole, as suggested by Stillman & Tallis, rather than a short sleeve may be more likely. An
Iranian warrior in room 2 has a skin-cloak over his left shoulder
(perhaps with an arm-hole) even though he has a shield. Some
Iranian prisoners have skin-cloaks with short sleeve on the left
.
Only a minority of
Iranians wear laced boots or patterned hems
.
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