Gövelek Gölü
| Gövelek Gölü, Ermanis Gölü, İrmanis Gölü | ||
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| Geographical location | Van Province , Turkey | |
| Drain | Irgat Çayı → Erçek Gölü | |
| Places on the shore | Goevelek | |
| Location close to the shore | Van | |
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| Coordinates | 38 ° 32 '42 " N , 43 ° 37' 16" E | |
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particularities |
possibly Urartian reservoir |
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The Gövelek Gölü (also Ermanis Gölü, İrmanis Gölü, German Gövelek-See) , 26 km east of Van , is a lake in the Turkish province of Van . Possibly it is a Urartian reservoir.
A stele of the Urartian king Rusa Erimenaḫi was found near the lake . She mentions the construction of a reservoir that irrigated the "land in front of Mount Qilbani" (perhaps the Zimzim Dağı ). This lake is usually equated with Keşiş Gölü , which the Urartians called Rusa Lake. Since the inscription gives no name, this equation is not certain. However, Çilingiroğlu points out that it could also be Lake Gövelek. The reservoirs of Köşebaşı , Kurubaşı and Sihke could also be considered.
literature
- Oktay Belli, Urartian Irrigation canals in Eastern Anatolia. Istanbul 1997.
- Altan çilingiroğlu, Rusa son of Argishti: Rusa II or Rusa III? Ancient Near Eastern Studies (A re-assessment of Iron Ages Chronology in Anatolia and neighboring regions). ANES 45, 2008.
- Aylim Ü. Erdem / Attila Batmaz, Contributions of the Ayanis Fortress to Iron Age chronology. ANES 45, 2008, 65-84.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Oktay Belli, Urartian Irrigation canals in Eastern Anatolia. Istanbul 1997, fig. 3
- ↑ Aylim Ü. Erdem / Attila Batmaz, Contributions of the Ayanis Fortress to Iron Age chronology. ANES 45, 2008, 72
- ↑ Altan çilingiroğlu, Rusa son of Argishti: Rusa II or Rusa III? Ancient Near Eastern Studies (A re-assessment of Iron Ages Chronology in Anatolia and neighboring regions) 45, 2008, 25