Kef Kalesi
Coordinates: 38 ° 50 '0.7 " N , 42 ° 43' 8.2" E
Kef Kalesi (Urartian: Ḫaldiei URU Ziuqinui ) is a Urartean fortress near Adilcevaz , which was built under Rusa II .
Excavations
It was described by Charles Burney in his survey of the Lake Van area and identified with reservations with Sargon's Qallania . Excavations were carried out by Emin Bilgiç and Baki Ögün in the 1950s. The excavation site is around 6 km north of Adilcevaz on a cliff at around 2200 m altitude.
Solid column bases made of basalt are still clearly visible today. Large amounts of burnt clay bricks indicate the forcible end of the fortification. Among the finds is also the clay figure of an abkallu , which has parallels in Mesopotamia and Karmir Blur .
Surroundings
Other Urartian remains come from Kefirkalesi in Adilcevaz itself, from a local school and from a wall that runs into the lake from the road to Ahlat . They point to the importance of the place in Urartian times. The inscription published by Hulin mentions Rusa, son of Argisti.
On the opposite hill in the southwest, remains of the Armenian monastery Skantselorgivank ("Monastery of Miracles") are still preserved. The existence of the monastery has been assured since the 9th century, at the latest since the 14th century it was known for its miraculous healing powers. The church, which has been preserved in its structure from the middle of the 17th century, belongs to the type of rectangular-encased cross- domed churches with two free-standing pillars on the west side. This rare type was introduced into Armenian church construction in the 7th century. A square gawit is built in front of the west side .
Individual evidence
- ^ Anthony Green: A note on the "Scorpion Man" and Pazuzu. In: Iraq 47, 1985, 75-82, here 79.
- ↑ Hulin 1958, 191.
- ^ Peter Hulin: New Urartian inscriptions from Adilcevaz. In: Anatolian Studies 9, 1958, 189-195.
- ↑ Monastery of the Miracles (Sk'ants'elagorgivank) or the Monastery of Ardzgue . Virtual Ani
- ^ Thomas Alexander Sinclair: Eastern Turkey: An Architectural and Archaeological Survey. Volume 1, The Pindar Press, London 1989, p. 278, ISBN 0-907132-34-0
literature
- Charles Burney: Urartian Fortresses and Towns in the Van Region. In: Anatolian Studies 7, 1957, 37-53.
- Charles Burney, GR Lawson: Urartian reliefs at Adilcevaz, on Lake Van, and a rock relief from the Karasu, near Birecik. In: Anatolian Studies 8, 1958, 211-218.
- Emin Bilgiç, Baki Ögün: Adilcevaz Kef Kalesi Kazilari. In: Anadolu 8, 1964, 65-120.
- Baki Ögün: The excavations of Kef Kalesi near Adilcevaz and some remarks on Urartian art. In: Archäologischer Anzeiger 1967, pp. 481–503.
- Ruth Mayer-Opificius : Thoughts on the meaning of the Urartean place Kefkalesi. In: Istanbuler Mitteilungen 43, 1993, 267–278.
- Mirjo Salvini: The inscription of the Urartian king Rusa II at Kefkalesı (Adilcevaz). In: Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici 40, 1998, 123-129.