Menua

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Menua
King of Urartu
Reignc. 810–c. 786 BC
PredecessorIshpuini
SuccessorArgishti I
Bornca. 850 BC
Diedca. 786 BC
IssueInushpua, Tariria, Argishti I
FatherIshpuini

Menua (

Ancient Greek names Minos and Minyas.[2][3]

A younger son of the preceding Urartian King,

Menua Canal after the king.[6] It flowed at a rate of 1500 to 3000 litres of water per second, depending on the time of the year.[7]
Several of these canals are still in use today.

He briefly co-ruled with his son, Inushpua, but was succeeded by another son, Argishti I.[8] Menua also had a daughter named Tariria, after whom a certain vineyard was named Taririakhinli.[9]

Fragment of a cuneiform inscription of King Menua on Akdamar Island

It is believed that Menua founded the city of Manazkert (Malazgirt).[10]

Menua Canal with Lake Van
in the background

See also

References

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  2. ^ Petrosyan, Armen (2002). The Indo-European and Ancient Near Eastern Sources of the Armenian Epic. Washington D.C. 2002. Washington, D.C.: Institute for the Study of Man. p. 182.
  3. ^ Petrosyan, Armen (April 2019), "On the Ethnic Origin of the Ruling Elite of Urartu", 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, p. 405.
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  5. ^ Zimansky 1985, p. 64.
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  9. ^ Zimansky 1985, p. 69.
  10. ^ Neusner, J. (1966). A History of the Jews in Babylon, Volume 1. p. 77.
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