Lutipri

Lutipri was the father of the Urartian king Sarduri I.

Lutipri may have ruled Urartu between 844 and 834 BCE, in a period of obscurity after the destruction of the former capital Arzashkun by Shalmaneser III.The Kingdom of Armenia: A History by M. Chahin.

As Sarduri I may have established a new dynasty, it is possible that his father, Lutipri, was not actually a king of Urartu.Urartian Material Culture As State Assemblage: An Anomaly in the Archaeology of Empire, Paul Zimansky, Page 103 of 103-115.

Attestation An inscription, in Assyrian cuneiform, on a small fortification west of the citadel of Tushpa, mentions his son as builder of a wall, and it is likely that he is in fact the founder of the town.

The inscription reads:

References

See also

List of kings of Urartu