According to the Armenian geographer Anania Shirakatsi's Ashkharatsuyts ("Geography", 7th century), Utik was the 12th among the 15 provinces of the Kingdom of Armenia, and belonged, at the time, to the Caucasian Albania (when the Utik and Artsakh provinces were lost by Armenia after its partition in the 4th century).
Anania Shirakatsi's "Geography" from the 7th century describes Utik as one of the 12 provinces of the Kingdom of Armenia, belonging to the Caucasian Albania at the time when the Utik and Artsakh provinces were lost by Armenia after its division in the 4th century.