Urartian

Wilhelm Gernot, 1995 "Suffixaufnahme in Hurrian and Urartian" Pp. 113-35 in Plank 1995, available online at:

Nouns modifying nouns in Etruscan and related languages 2009

Wait a moment, my idea is that pre-PIE or whatever name you want to use, even "Indo-Aegean" was an ergative language which used an ergative marker *-sV related to the Hurro-Urartian one.

Nipping the PIE ergative *-s theory right in the bud 2009

It is one of the features of the so-called "Anatolian linguistic area" and exists in Hurrian, Urartian, Hittite and Luvian, namely in possessive constructions.

Nouns modifying nouns in Etruscan and related languages 2009

Octavià: "Wait a moment, my idea is that pre-PIE ... was an ergative language which used an ergative marker *-sV related to the Hurro-Urartian one."

Nipping the PIE ergative *-s theory right in the bud 2009

After the invasion of the Armenians in the 6th century, the material culture regressed considerably and little survived of the Urartian civilization.

b. Economy, Technology, Society, and Culture 2001

The chief Urartian deity was Haldi, a warrior god; the storm god was Teisheba (Hurrian Teshup) and his wife was Huba (Hebat).

b. Economy, Technology, Society, and Culture 2001

Commagene and Melitene in southern Anatolia and Carchemish in Syria came under Urartian control, and Assyria became practically a vassal of Urartu.

f. The Neo-Assyrians and the Neo-Babylonians 2001

Urartian architecture is noteworthy for the quality of its masonry, and its mountain-fortresses are impressive feats of construction.

b. Economy, Technology, Society, and Culture 2001

After Shalmeneser's death, there was a civil war between two of his sons, which led to a period of Urartian domination.

f. The Neo-Assyrians and the Neo-Babylonians 2001

Husbandry was also highly developed: Urartian cattle and sheep were famous for their high quality, and superb horses were raised.

b. Economy, Technology, Society, and Culture 2001