Tigranakert of Artsakh
![]() Fragment of Tigranakert's city wall | |
Location within Azerbaijan | |
Location | Aghdam District, Azerbaijan |
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Coordinates | 40°03′55″N 46°54′21″E / 40.06528°N 46.90583°E |
History | |
Builder | Tigranes the Great or Tigranes I |
Founded | 2nd–1st century B.C. |
Site notes | |
Excavation dates | 2005–2020 |
Tigranakert (Armenian: Արցախի Տիգրանակերտ, Arts'akhi Tigranakert), also known as Tigranakert-Artsakh,[1] is a ruined Armenian city dating back to the Hellenistic period, located in the Aghdam District of what is today Azerbaijan.
It is one of several former cities in the
The site was within territory that came under the occupation of Armenian forces after the
History
Primary sources first make mention of Tigranakert in the seventh century, stating that there were actually two such cities with the same name in the province of
After the demise of the first Tigranakert in the early Middle Ages, the name of the city was preserved and used continuously in local geographic lore as Tngrnakert, Tarnakert, Taraniurt, Tarnagiurt, and Tetrakerte.
Excavations
Excavations at Tigranakert began in March 2005, when it was first discovered, and until 2020 were ongoing under the directorship of Dr.
In June 2010, a museum dedicated to the study and preservation of artefacts unearthed from Tigranakert was opened in the adjacent Shahbulag Castle.[12] Some of the artefacts from Tigranakert were removed from the area by Armenian workers before the handover of the Aghdam District to Azerbaijan.[11]
Gallery
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Part of the city defense wall
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So-called Lower Borough of the city of Tigranakert
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Part of the Lower Borough
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Tigranakert city walls
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Tigranakert city walls
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Tigranakert citadel
See also
- Tigranocerta
- Tigranakert (Nakhijevan)
- Tigranes the Great
References
- ^ Canepa 2018, p. 104.
- ^ a b Petrosyan, Hamlet L. (2010). "Tigranakert in Artsakh," in Tigranes the Great. Yerevan, pp. 380-87.
- ISBN 0-226-33228-4.
- ^ "Azerbaijanis turn ancient Armenian site into barbecue restaurant". panarmenian.net. 13 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ "Azerbaijanis turned the Park of Royal Springs of Tigranakert into a barbeque restaurant". monumentwatch.org. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Hewsen 2001, p. 58.
- ^ Hewsen, Robert H., "Three New Books about Arts'akh," Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies 22 (2013), p. 295.
- ^ Hewsen 2001, p. 91.
- ^ a b Maghakyan, Simon (2020-10-04). "Archeologist Raises Alarms Over Azerbaijan's Shelling of an Ancient City". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
- ^ Hakobyan, T. Kh.; Melik-Bakhshyan, St. T.; Barseghyan, H. Kh. (1988). "Tʻarnagyut". Hayastani ev harakitsʻ shrjanneri teghanunneri baṛaran [Dictionary of toponymy of Armenia and adjacent territories] (in Armenian). Vol. 2. Yerevan State University. p. 414.
- ^ a b "Azerbaijani leader hails handover of region ceded by Armenia". AP NEWS. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
- ^ a b "Museum at Ancient Ruins of Tigranakert Opens in Nagorno-Karabakh." Asbarez. June 8, 2010. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
- ^ Harutyunyan, Arpi. "Research in Ruins: Tigranakert project threatened by lack of finances." ArmeniaNow. April 11, 2008. Retrieved March 25, 2010.
- ^ Petrosyan 2010, p. 386.
Sources
- ISBN 9780520964365.
- Petrosyan, Hamlet L. (2010). "Tigranakert in Artsakh". Yerevan: 380–387.
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Further reading
- Gabrielyan, Armine (2023). "On a Painted Burial Jar from Tigranakert of Artsakh". Iran and the Caucasus. 27 (2): 156–169. S2CID 259828321.
- Petrosyan, Hamlet (2021). "Politics, Ideology and Landscape: Early Christian Tigranakert in Artsakh". Electrum. 28: 163–187. S2CID 243161252.
External links
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- Tigranakert of Artsakh: (in Armenian), (in Russian).
- Zareh Tjeknavorian (Director) (2007). Tigranakert: An Armenian Odyssey. Yergir Union and Naregatsi Film Center.
- Tigranakert of Artsakh on CNN