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Menua
Menua (Urartian: mMe-i-nu-a; Meinua or Minua),, was the fifth known king of Urartu from around 810 BC to 786 BC. In Armenian, Menua is rendered as Menua. The name Menua may be connected etymologically to the Ancient Greek names Minos and Minyas.
He was the son of Ishpuini and born to [...]. He married Tariria.
A younger son of the preceding Urartian King, Ishpuini, Menua was adopted as co-ruler by his father in the last years of his reign.
An inscription refers to both Ishpuini and Menua: For the god Ḫaldi, the (or, resp., his/their) Lord, Išpuini, son of Sarduri, (and) [Minua, son of Išp]u[ini . . . (large gap, presumably to be restored by five royal titles) . . . lord] of Ṭušpa-City.
Menua must have been of some age when he became coregent, as an inscription (CUT A 04-01) mentions his father, himself and his son Inušpua.
Menua enlarged the kingdom through numerous wars against the neighbouring countries and left many inscriptions across the region, by far the most of any Urartian ruler. He organized a centralised administrative structure, fortified a number of towns and constructed fortresses. Amongst these was Menuakhinili located near Mount Ararat (its exact location is uncertain, perhaps at Bulakbaşı, east of modern-day Iğdır).
He briefly co-ruled with his son, Inushpua, but was succeeded by another son, Argishti I. Menua also had a daughter named Tariria, after whom a certain vineyard was named Taririakhinli.
Apart from the Kepenek Castle inscription, another inscription proving the existence of the Urartian Kingdom in the geography of Muş is the Alazlı/Tirmet inscription. The inscription in question is located 25.5 km east of Muş province and 6.2 km south of Korkut district. In the inscription, the war fought by the Urartian king Menua is mentioned:
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Menua
Menua (Urartian: mMe-i-nu-a; Meinua or Minua),, was the fifth known king of Urartu from around 810 BC to 786 BC. In Armenian, Menua is rendered as Menua. The name Menua may be connected etymologically to the Ancient Greek names Minos and Minyas.
He was the son of Ishpuini and born to [...]. He married Tariria.
A younger son of the preceding Urartian King, Ishpuini, Menua was adopted as co-ruler by his father in the last years of his reign.
An inscription refers to both Ishpuini and Menua: For the god Ḫaldi, the (or, resp., his/their) Lord, Išpuini, son of Sarduri, (and) [Minua, son of Išp]u[ini . . . (large gap, presumably to be restored by five royal titles) . . . lord] of Ṭušpa-City.
Menua must have been of some age when he became coregent, as an inscription (CUT A 04-01) mentions his father, himself and his son Inušpua.
Menua enlarged the kingdom through numerous wars against the neighbouring countries and left many inscriptions across the region, by far the most of any Urartian ruler. He organized a centralised administrative structure, fortified a number of towns and constructed fortresses. Amongst these was Menuakhinili located near Mount Ararat (its exact location is uncertain, perhaps at Bulakbaşı, east of modern-day Iğdır).
He briefly co-ruled with his son, Inushpua, but was succeeded by another son, Argishti I. Menua also had a daughter named Tariria, after whom a certain vineyard was named Taririakhinli.
Apart from the Kepenek Castle inscription, another inscription proving the existence of the Urartian Kingdom in the geography of Muş is the Alazlı/Tirmet inscription. The inscription in question is located 25.5 km east of Muş province and 6.2 km south of Korkut district. In the inscription, the war fought by the Urartian king Menua is mentioned: