Gövelek stele

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The Gövelek stele is a rectangular stele with a semicircular end. It was found in 2002 at Gövelek Gölü . It comes from the Urartian king Rusa Erimenaḫi .

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The stele mentions the construction of a reservoir that irrigated the "land in front of Mount Qilbani" (perhaps the Zimzim Dağ ). This can be the Göveleksee, the Keşiş Gölü or the reservoirs of Köşebaşı , Kurubaşı and Sihke .

meaning

The stele is of crucial importance for the interpretation of the later history of the Urartian Empire , as it shows that the decline assumed after the reign of Rusa II was not as drastic as previously claimed. Altan Çilingiroğlu argued on the basis of the inscription for an earlier dating of Rusa Eremenaḫi, but also accepted without convincing archaeological evidence of a statement Skytheneinfalles would reconsider.

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

  1. ↑ Figure s. Aylim Ü. Erdem / Attila Batmaz, Contributions of the Ayanis Fortress to Iron Age chronology. ANES 45, 2008, fig. 2
  2. ↑ Aylim Ü. Erdem / Attila Batmaz, Contributions of the Ayanis Fortress to Iron Age chronology. ANES 45, 2008, 72
  3. ↑ 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
  4. ↑ 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