Qaquli

Qaquli was an Urartian queen from the 7th century BC. Discovered in 2008 through excavations at Ayanis, a fortress erected by her husband, Rusa II, she appears to be his main wife, meaning the queen consort of Urartu.

Along with queen Tariria, she is one of the two known women members of the Urartian royal family.

Biography

Previously completely forgotten, her existence was rediscovered in 2008^[1] through excavations at Ayanis, which unearthed objects bearing her name and brief inscriptions describing her as the queen of Urartu.^[2]^[3] One of these objects is the golden pommel of a fan, with an inscription stating that it belonged to her.^[1]^[2]^[4] She appears to be the principal wife of Rusa II, and thus was probably the queen consort of the kingdom.^[2]^[4] Ayanis seems to have been a retreat for the royal couple, which explains the discovery of these objects there.^[2]

Along with Tariria, she is one of the two known female members of the Urartian royal family.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Avetisyan, Pavel S.; Dan, Roberto; Grekyan, Yervand H. (2019). Over the mountains and far away: studies in near Eastern history and archaeology presented to Mirjo Salvini on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Archaeopress Archaeology. Oxford (GB): Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-78491-943-6.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Artifacts Belonging to Queen Qaquli and Mr. Tigursagga from an Elaborately Decorated Quarter of the Ayanis Fortress". The Adventure of the Illustrious Scholar: 215. 2018.
^ Çilingiroğlu, Altan (2012-01-01). "New Contributions to Urartian Archaeology from the Fortress at Ayanis". Anatolian Iron Ages 6 ( A.Çilingiroğlu-A.Sagona Eds.),99-105,Peteers,2012.
^ ^a ^b Salvini, Mirjo. "2014 M. Salvini, Lo "scettro" d'oro della regina di Urartu, in: Aurum. Funzioni e simbologie dell'oro nelle culture del Mediterraneo antico (a cura di Marisa Tortorelli Ghedini), Roma 2014, 13-23 + Tavv. I-II (figg. 1-5). Aurum". Torossa.
^ Çavuşoglu, Rafet; Işik, Kenan; Göcke, Bilcan (2014). "Women and Their Status in Urartu: A Critical Review". Ancient Near Eastern Studies. 51: 235–261. doi:10.2143/ANES.51.0.3038721. Archived from the original on 2024-07-28. Retrieved 2024-07-28.

[:0-1] Avetisyan, Pavel S.; Dan, Roberto; Grekyan, Yervand H. (2019). Over the mountains and far away: studies in near Eastern history and archaeology presented to Mirjo Salvini on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Archaeopress Archaeology. Oxford (GB): Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-78491-943-6.

[:1-2] "Artifacts Belonging to Queen Qaquli and Mr. Tigursagga from an Elaborately Decorated Quarter of the Ayanis Fortress". The Adventure of the Illustrious Scholar: 215. 2018.

[3] Çilingiroğlu, Altan (2012-01-01). "New Contributions to Urartian Archaeology from the Fortress at Ayanis". Anatolian Iron Ages 6 ( A.Çilingiroğlu-A.Sagona Eds.),99-105,Peteers,2012.

[:2-4] Salvini, Mirjo. "2014 M. Salvini, Lo "scettro" d'oro della regina di Urartu, in: Aurum. Funzioni e simbologie dell'oro nelle culture del Mediterraneo antico (a cura di Marisa Tortorelli Ghedini), Roma 2014, 13-23 + Tavv. I-II (figg. 1-5). Aurum". Torossa.

[5] Çavuşoglu, Rafet; Işik, Kenan; Göcke, Bilcan (2014). "Women and Their Status in Urartu: A Critical Review". Ancient Near Eastern Studies. 51: 235–261. doi:10.2143/ANES.51.0.3038721. Archived from the original on 2024-07-28. Retrieved 2024-07-28.

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