# Bit-Istar > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bit-Istar > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bit-Istar.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit-Istar > Source revision: 1263404539 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Improve|date=December 2024|reason=Sources are not included with the text, and the pictures are not relevant to the subject}}thumb|300px|Map of the Neo-Assyrian Empire and its expansions'''Bit-Istar''' was an Assyrian town and a local kingdom (c. 12th century BC - c. 710 BC) at western Zagros that according to inscriptions of [Tiglath Pileser III](/source/Tiglath_Pileser_III) and [Sargon II](/source/Sargon_II). It was located close to the source of a river to the east of Dyala. Stronach and Calmeyer proposed [Ravansar](/source/Ravansar) as a possible candidate for the place of Bit-Istar. Recent surveys by Y. Hassanzadeh led to discovery of new evidence indicating presence of rich 1st-millennium remains close to the spring of Ravansar ({{Coord|34|43|0|N|46|40|0|W}}). The ruler of this town during reign of [Sargon II](/source/Sargon_II) was Burburazu who brought his tributes to Sargon during his campaign to the region in 714 BC. A column base at the edge of Ravansar spring could belong to a temple that was built for Ishtar near "Water hole".thumb|The inscription of Sargon II at Tang-i Var pass near the village of Tang-i Var, Hawraman [Tang-i Var](/source/The_Inscription_of_Sargon_II_at_Tang-i_Var), famous Assyrian inscription from reign of Sargon II is located about 30 km to north of Ravansar. ==References== {{reflist}} * Hassanzadeh, Y., M. Karami, F. Bahrol’oloomi, K. Taheri, A. Tahmasbi, A. Moradi Bisetouni and F. Biglari (2010) Khanileh: "New evidence of Chalcolithic and Early Historic occupations from northwest of the Kermanshah Plain, Central Zagros", ''Iranian Journal of Archaeology and History''. * Parpola, S. & M. Porter (2001) ''The Helsinki Atlas of the Near East in the Neo-Assyrian Period'', Edited by: Simo Parpola & Michael Porter, The Casco Bay Assyriological Institute The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project, Finland. * Radner, K., (2003) "A Median Sanctuary at Bit-Ištar". In G.B. Lanfranchi, [M. Roaf](/source/Michael_Roaf) & [R. Rollinger](/source/Robert_Rollinger) (ed.), ''Continuity of Empire: Assyria, Media, Persia''. History of the Ancient Near East Monographs 5 (Padova 2003) 119-130. Category:Former populated places in Iran Category:Archaeological sites in Iran Category:Iron Age Asia Category:Buildings and structures in Kermanshah province Category:History of Kermanshah province --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Bit-Istar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit-Istar) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit-Istar?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.