Musasir

The city's location is not known with certainty, although there are a number of hypotheses, all in the general area of 36°N 46°E / 36°N 46°E / 36; 46, in the Zagros south of Lake Urmia.

[2] Urartologist Paul Zimansky speculated that the Urartians (or at least the ruling family) may have emigrated northwest into the Lake Van region from Musasir.

That particular bas-relief was copied at its original location in the palace onto a drawing by Eugene Flandin(2) as Botta's chief artist.

[5] During these Assyrian campaigns, Bianili (Urartu) was ruled by Sarduri and later by his son Rusa (Armenian: Հրաչյա Hrachya, according to Movses Khorenatsi)[citation needed] with the capital at Tushpa (Classical Armenian: Տոսպ Tosp) on the eastern shore of Lake Van.

During Rusa I's reign (735-714 BC), Musasir was governed by a king named Urzana.

Sandstone statue of a man or deity. The statue belonged to the Musasir Kingdom. Urartian period, 1st millennium BC. Precise provenance of excavation is unknown. Erbil Civilization Museum, Iraqi Kurdistan.
Recreation of Musasir temple