Encyclopedia Iranica. TIGRAN IIАрхив на оригинала от 2009-07-20 в Wayback Machine.: „Tigran (Tigranes) II was the most distinguished member of the so-called Artašēsid/Artaxiad dynasty, which has now been identified as a branch of the earlier Eruandid dynasty of Iranian origin attested as ruling in Armenia from at least the 5th century B.C.E.“
Encyclopedia Iranica. TIGRAN IIАрхив на оригинала от 2009-07-20 в Wayback Machine.: „Tigran (Tigranes) II was the most distinguished member of the so-called Artašēsid/Artaxiad dynasty, which has now been identified as a branch of the earlier Eruandid dynasty of Iranian origin attested as ruling in Armenia from at least the 5th century B.C.E.“