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506 BIAINILI-URARTU
Ayanis (cont.)
dendrochronological date, 148, 233, 275
destruction level, 183, 186, 236-7, 241, 275, 321, 447
founded by Rusa A, 4, 19, 53, 55, 104, 178-9, 234, 265
inscribed clay tablets and bullae, 8, 28, 114, 126, 184-5, 234
inscriptions on pithoi, 126, Colour plate IIa-b
lions on shield of Rusa A, 179-80 Fig. 12.03, 197
lions on uninscribed shield, 180, 197
metal analyses, 422
outer town (residential quarters), 23-4, 41, 56-7, 90-9
Figs. 06.01-08, 106-9, 184
plant remains, 23-4, 92, 305-6
quiver, 407
seal impressions, 28, 36, 183-4 Abb. 13.01
shield with lion’s head, 301-3 Fig. 20.14, 305-6, Colour
plate IVc, 413
suri (spear) of Haldi, 106, 364 Fig. 24.14, 367
stone piers, 34, 297 Fig. 20.07, 302-3 Figs. 20.13 and
20.15, 314-5 Fig. 21.10, 318-9
Temple of Haldi, 19, 32, 37, 180, 233, 295-307 Figs.
20.05-18, 312, 314-5 Fig. 21.10
temple inscription of Rusa A, 19, 27, 57, 92, 106-7,
143, 177, 184-5, 189
wall painting, 35
wooden artefacts, 37
Aza, region, in Ararat Plain, 54-5
Aza, king of Mannaea, 136, 141, 199, 203
Aznavur(tepe) (Anzavur), Urartian site, also referred to as
Patnos, 5, 13, 53, 116
botanical remains, 23
bronze plaques, 443
candelabrum dedicated by Minua, 439, 447
metal analyses, 422
temple, 295, 298, 311, 314
B
Babel see Babylon
Babilu, Urartian name for a region in western Iran, 16, 150-1
Babutta, Urartian fortress near Kumme, 256-7
Babylon (Babel), 137, 156
in the Bible 220, 223-5, 229
Bagbartu (or Bagmastu), goddess, Assyrian name for the
consort of Haldi, 29, 207, 252 see also Arubani
Bagın (Palın) Stele of Minua, 14, 104
Bagmashtu see Bagbartu
Balawat Gates of Ashurnasirpal II in the Mamu Temple, 160,
388-9, 429 Fig. 31.01, 440
Balawat Gates of Shalmaneser III, 3, 6, 168, 380 Abb. 26.01,
380, 382-3, 385-7, 390, 429 Fig. 31.02, 440
destruction of Arzashkun, 10 Fig. 01.03
Sea of Nairi, 164-5 Abb. 10.02
Tigris Tunnel, 264 Fig. 17.09
Uppume, 260-1 Fig. 17.08
Baradost mountains, 248-50, 253
Bard Burrideh, Achaemenid dam, 70-1
Barrua (Bit-Barru), land in W Iran, probably Urartian Baruata,
150
Baruata, land in W Iran, probably Assyrian Barrua / Bit-
Barru, 150-1
Bastam, Urartian citadel, ancient Rusai-URU.TUR, 4-5, 26,
39, 53-5, 64 Abb. 04.04, 78-9, 265, 412
animal bones, 24, 231
‘bone rooms’, 24, 28, 36, 183, 231, Colour Plate IIIa
building phases, 184
bulla with year-name of Rusa A, 147, 177, 181
canal, 62
columned halls, 317, 319, 333-4
destruction level, 183, 186, 230-1, 233, 239-41
drainage, 76
founded by Rusa A, 4, 19, 53, 55, 104, 143, 179, 181,
185, 231, 234, 265
function, 62, 78-86
horse harness (psalion), 276
inscribed clay tablets and bullae, 8, 28, 36, 98, 186
outer town (residential quarters), 23, 57, 89-92 Fig.
06.01, 97-8
plant remains, 23
seal impressions, 28, 36, 180 Figs. 12.04-05, 183-5
Abb. 13.01-02
spear heads, 362
stables, 24
temple, 295, 370
Behistun see Bisutun
Beniamin, site in Armenia, 174-5
Berossus, 217, 220, 222
Bes, god, 291-2 Abb. 19.11-12
Beytu≥≥ebap, possible location of Kumme, 255
Biainili, Urartian name for the region called by the Assyrians
Urartu, 1, 448, and passim
as a designation of pottery and other aspects of material
culture (also Tosp/Van, Toprakkale, Urartian
Red Polished), 378, 445
as part of royal title, 40, 191, 193-195
surviving in the name Van, 1, 449
written as Pa-[…] in an Assyrian text, 137, 263
Bihura, land attacked by Argishti M, 151
Birate, province of Assyria, 204
Birkleyn, 263 see also Tigris Tunnel
Bisutun (Behistun) Inscription, 20, 44, 169, 232
Bit-Adini, land and Assyrian province, region of Til Barsip,
340
Bit-Agusi, land and Assyrian province, region of Arpad, 10
Bit-Bahiani, land, region of Tell Halaf, 350
Bit-Barrû (Barrua), land in W Iran, probably Urartian Baruata,
150-1
Bit-Hamban, land and Assyrian province, in western Iran, 150