Teisheba, the god of war, thunder and winds, was the second of the three supreme deities in the Urartian pantheon. The statuette represents a young man standing on a foliate base. He is clad in a long, fringed garment, decorated with a typical Urartian ornament (a rosette in the center of the square). He has a belt on his waist. There is a fringed band over his shoulder. His hair comes down to his shoulders, and he wears a
high headgear decorated with horns (the horns represent Teisheba’s symbol, the bull). Above the headgear is a drum-shaped appliqué decorated with three zigzag bands and ending in a wide ring. The deity has a disc-shaped mace in his right hand and a battle-axe in his left hand. The mace and the battle-axe were the symbols of Teisheba’s thunderous and heavenly elements.

Collection : Archaeological collection

Era : 8-7 centuries BC

Location : Yerevan

Place : Karmir Blour

Material : bronze

Inventar # : 1740-1