Kaštaritu (Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒁹𒁉𒋫𒊑𒌅, romanized: Kaštaritu; Old Persian: 𐎧𐏁𐎰𐎼𐎡𐎫, romanized: Xšaθrita; fl. 670s BCE) was a Median chieftain...

of Kaštaritu, the city lord of Kār-Kaššî, who is prominently mentioned in oracle queries concerning Median affairs. The Assyrians perceived Kaštaritu as...

Šubria in alliance with Urartu during this time. And when the Median ruler Kaštaritu rebelled against the Neo-Assyrian Empire and founded the first independent...

polities in the Zagros Mountains at this point. Soon, the Median chieftains Kaštaritu of Kār-Kaššî and Dusanni of Šaparda became powerful enough that their...

BCE. During the 670s BCE, it was in the possession of Median chieftain, Kaštaritu. In an article for the Journal asiatique in 1880, Joseph Halévy proposed...