| Rusa III | |
|---|---|
 Urartian language stone.Erebuni museum,Yerevan | |
| King of Urartu | |
| Reign | 629–615 BC or 590 BC |
| Predecessor | Erimena or Sarduri III |
| Successor | Sarduri IV |
| Issue | Sarduri IV |
| Father | Erimena |
| Mother | Cirane |
Rusa III was king of Urartu. He was called "Rusa Erimenahi" ("the son of Erimena"). He may have been the nephew or cousin of Rusa II.[1] Little is known about his reign; his name was inscribed on a massive granary at Armavir and on a series of bronze shields from the temple of Khaldi found at Rusahinili, now held in the British Museum.[2] There is considerable confusion over the identity of Rusa III, when he ruled, and his relationship to other kings or even the actual dates he ruled.[3]
Rusa was the father of Sarduri IV.
- ^ V. Sargsyan."On the Problem of the Succession of the Biainian Kings of the Ararat (Urartu) Kingdom in the Second Half of the 8th-the First Half of the 7th Century B.C." Fundamental Armenology. 2015. http://www.fundamentalarmenology.am/datas/pdfs/178.pdf
- ^ Gwendolyn, Who's Who in the Ancient Near East, p. 137
- ^ V. Sargsyan. "On the Problem of the Succession of the Biainian Kings of the Ararat (Urartu) Kingdom in the Second Half of the 8th-the First Half of the 7th Century B.C." Fundamental Armenology. 2015. http://www.fundamentalarmenology.am/datas/pdfs/178.pdf