Type: | Monarch |
Rusa II | |
Succession: | King of Urartu |
Reign: | 680–639 BC |
Reign-Type: | Reign |
Predecessor: | Argishti II |
Pre-Type: | Predecessor |
Successor: | Sarduri III |
Suc-Type: | Successor |
Father: | Argishti II |
Mother: | Hasis |
Rusa II was king of Urartu between around 680 BC and 639 BC. It was during his reign that the massive fortress complex, Karmir-Blur, was constructed.[1]
Rusa II was known to Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, as Yaya or Iaya.
A cuneiform inscription has been found commemorating the king building a canal to channel water to the city of Quarlini from the Ildaruni (Hrazdan River).