Sarduri IV (, unknownâÂÂ595 BC) was one of the last kings of Urartu, reigning from 615 to 595 BC.
Sarduri IV was the son and successor of Rusa III. Little is known about his reign, except that his kingdom was being invaded by Assyrian forces from the south, east and west, as well as by the Medes from the east and the Scythians from the north.
He died without issue and was succeeded by his brother Rusa IV.
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Further reading
- Boris Piotrovskii, The Ancient Civilization of Urartu, London, 1969.
- Igor Diakonoff, The Pre-History of the Armenian People, Caravan Books, New York, 1988.
- M. Chahin, The Kingdom of Armenia, Curzon, London, 2001.
- ó. ÃÂáÃÂáöÃÂõáö, ÃÂÃÂÃÂáÃÂÿøÃÂë úáÿôøÃÂéõøÃÂöè, Yerevan, 1940, pp. 143âÂÂ152 (in Armenian)
- ÃÂøþÃÂÃÂþòÃÂúøù ÃÂ. ÃÂ., ÃÂðýÃÂúþõ ÃÂðÃÂÃÂÃÂòþ (ãÃÂðÃÂÃÂÃÂ), Moscow, 1959 (in Russian)
- ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂýÃÂý ÃÂ. ÃÂ., ÃÂøðùýøûø (ãÃÂðÃÂÃÂÃÂ), Published by Academy of Sciences of Armenian SSR, Yerevan, 1970 (in Russian).
- ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂýÃÂý ÃÂ. ÃÂ., ÃÂõúþÃÂþÃÂÃÂõ òþÿÃÂþÃÂàÿþÃÂûõôýõóþ ÿõÃÂøþôð øÃÂÃÂþÃÂøø ãÃÂðÃÂÃÂà// ÃÂÃÂõòýøù ÃÂþÃÂÃÂþú, Published by Academy of Sciences of Armenian SSR, Yerevan, No. 2, 1976 (in Russian)
- ÃÂÃÂÃÂúþýþò ÃÂ. ÃÂ., ÃÂþÃÂûõôýøõ óþôàãÃÂðÃÂÃÂÃÂúþóþ óþÃÂÃÂôðÃÂÃÂÃÂòð ÿþ ðÃÂÃÂøÃÂþ-òðòøûþýÃÂúøü øÃÂÃÂþÃÂýøúðü // ÃÂõÃÂÃÂýøú ÃÂÃÂõòýõù ÃÂÃÂÃÂþÃÂøø, No 2, 1951 (in Russian)