Keşiş Gölü
| Keşiş Gölü, Turna Gölü, Rusaini sue | ||
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| Geographical location | Van Province , Turkey | |
| Drain | Derge Dere, Karamağara Dere | |
| Location close to the shore | Van | |
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| Coordinates | 38 ° 28 '0 " N , 43 ° 35' 0" E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 2544 m | |
| surface | 7 km² | |
| volume | 40,000,000 m³ | |
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particularities |
Urartean reservoir |
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The Keşiş Gölü (Priest Lake ), also Turna Gölü is a reservoir 23 km east of Van in the Varak Dağı or Erek Daği , 2550 m high. The dam at the western end of the lake (Keşişgöl Kalesi) consists of two 7 m long stone walls 13 m apart. The space in between is filled with rubble. Some of the walls are still 5 m high. Another dam is located at the northern end of the lake (Rusa Barajı). The drains of the Keşiş Gölü are Derge Dere and Karamağara Dere.
history
It was laid out by a Urartian king Rusa to ensure the water supply to the capital Tušpa , a function that he still fulfills today. Its Urartean name was Lake Rusa ( m ru-sa-ai ṣu- [e] ). Waldemar Belck found a stele by Rusa at the lake , which tells of the construction of a dam and of irrigation systems. The stele is now in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin .
A total of four Urartean inscriptions were found on the lake or in its vicinity:
- Stele from Keşiş Gölü
- Rock inscription by Erek Daği
- Kaisaran's rock inscription
- Stele from Savacık / Hevişsor / Havadzor
literature
- Oktay Belli, Dams, Reservoirs and Irrigation Channels of the Van Plain in the Period of the Urartian Kingdom. Anatolian Studies 49, 1999, 11-26.
- Oktay Belli: Urartian dams and artificial lakes in Eastern Anatolia. In: A. Çilingiroğlu, H. French (Ed.): Anatolian Iron Ages Colloquium. Anatolian Iron Ages 3: Anadolu Demir Çaglari 3, Van, 6. – 12. August 1990: III. Anadolu Demir Çaglari Sempozyumu Bildirileri. London: British Institute of Archeology at Ankara 1994, 9-30.
- Ursula Buske, Technology Transfer in Antiquity. Observations in the field of water supply. 69-105. In: Christoph PJ Ohlig (ed.), Water historical research: focus on antiquity. BoD - Books on Demand, 2003 ISBN 3833003405
- Charles Burney: Urartian Irrigation Works. Anatolian Studies 22, 1972.
- Günther Garbrecht: The water supply system at Tuspa (Urartu). World Archeology 11/3 (Water Management), 1980, 306-312.
- Günther Garbrecht, Water management for irrigation in Antiquity (Urartu 850 to 600 BC) Irrigation and Drainage Systems 2/2, 1988, 185-198. ISSN 0168-6291 .
- Christoph Ohlig (ed.), "Hydraulic structures in the Kingdom of Urartu and other contributions to hydrotechnology in antiquity". German Water History Society (DWhG) e. V. 5. Books on Demand GmbH, Nordersted. ISBN 3833415029
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Miroj Salvini, Corpus dei Testi Urartei. Rome 2008, 621