Bastam (), also called Rusaipatari, is the site of an ancient Urartian citadel from ca. the 7th century BC, located near the village of Bastam, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.
Sources Kleiss, Wolfram (1977). Bastam/Rusa-i-Uru.Tur: Beschreibung der urartäischen und mittelalterlichen Ruinen. Berlin: Reimer. Kleiss, Wolfram (1979–1988). Bastam. Ausgrabungen in den Urartäischen Anlagen. 2 volumes. Berlin: Mann, (volume 1), (volume 2).
External links
https://web.archive.org/web/20080115111215/http://www.vaa.fak12.uni-muenchen.de/Iran/Bastam/Bastam.htm