ABSTRACT
Sarduri’s son and successor was Ishpuini. He reigned jointly with his son, Menua. This information, together with King Ishpuini’s titles, are given on a bilingual (Assyrian and Urartian) stele found at Kelishin (south-west Lake Urmia). It reads ’Ishpuini, King of Shura, King of Nairi, Lord of Tushpa; and Menua, his son…’ 1 Ishpuini also assumed the title of ‘King of Kings’, and his prestige and power must have been sufficiently effective for the Assyrians to accept it and to address the king by that title in their diplomatic relations. The prestige of Urartu after the death of Ishpuini was such that all subsequent stelae are in Urartian cuneiform only.
