Arame of Urartu

Arame or Aramu (Armenian: Արամե) (ruled 858–844 BC) was the first known king of Urartu.[1]

"Aramu" redirects here. For places in Iran, see Aramu, Iran.
Arame(Arama or Aramu)
King of Urartu
Reign858–844 BC
PredecessorKingdom established
SuccessorLutipri
Urartu under Aramu

Living at the time of King Shalmaneser III of Assyria (ruled 859–824 BC), Arame fought against the threat of the Assyrian Empire. His capital at Arzashkun was captured by Shalmaneser.[2] Sagunia, a previous capital, which was also captured by Shalamaneser, seems to have been located in the vicinity of Mt. Ararat.[3][4]

Arame has been suggested as the prototype of both Aram (and, correspondingly the popular given name Aram)[5] and Ara the Beautiful, two of the legendary forefathers of the Armenian people.[6] Khorenatsi's History (1.5) puts them six and seven generations after Haik,[7] in the chronology of historian Mikayel Chamchian dated to the 19th to 18th century BC.

The name Arame is likely an Armenian name originally derived from Proto-Indo-European *rēmo-, meaning "black".[8] The name is likely etymologically related to Hindu Rama.[9]

He is not to be confused with the another king Aramu (also known as Adramu and Atarsamek) who ruled at the same time in Bit Agusi and also fought Shalemaneser III.

See also

References
  1. History in Africa, Volume 2, p. 93. African Studies Association., 1975.
  2. The Ancient Assyrians - Page 12 by Mark Healy
  3. John Boardman, E. Sollberger. "The Cambridge Ancient History." (1970). p. 265.
  4. Paul Zimansky. Ecology and Empire: The Structure of the Urartian State. p. 49.
  5. "Արամ" in H. Ačaṙean (1926-35), Hayocʿ Anjnanunneri Baṙaran (Yerevan: Yerevan State University), 2nd ed., 1942-62
  6. Lang (1970), p. 85.
  7. Авдиев В. И. «История Древнего Востока», М.: «Высшая школа», 1970, с. 419 420.
  8. Petrosyan, Armen The Indo-European and Ancient Near Eastern Sources of the Armenian Epic (2002) pp. 73.
  9. Petrosyan, Armen. Toward the Origins of the Armenian People: The Problem of the Identification of the Proto-Armenians: A Critical Review (2007). pp. 31.


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