The Interaction of Urartian Rock Signs with Phrygians

Esra Alp

Makale detayları

The Interaction of Urartian Rock Signs with Phrygians

Yazarlar:

Esra Alp

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Archaeological Science

Dergi:

Anatolian Research Issue 31, pp.171-182

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2025

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001340640

pISSN:

0569-9746

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Özet:

 Urartu had significant rock-carving works, including a series of carvings on massive rock formations in various V-shaped, U-shaped, sickle-shaped, circular, and channel forms. Research has shown that these signs were not made randomly, but within a standard framework and according to certain measurements. These carvings were initially called Monumental Rock Signs. Although there are some other signs dated to the Hittite and Late Hittite periods that have been called rock signs in the literature, these more identifiable signswhich fit certain standards and consist of geometric shapesappeared only in the first millennium. These signs are observed predominantly in the areas around the Lake Van basin; in other words, at sites within the Urartian region. On the one hand, this distribution suggests that almost all such rock signs emerged from Urartu; however, this type of rock carving also appears in certain areas within the land of the Phrygians the western neighbors of Urartu, raising the question of the exact origins and interactions of these signs. This essay will discuss the interaction between these two regions within the framework of the rock signs found in the Urartian region and data from Hamamkaya and Zey Necropolis in the Phrygian region.

 Urartu had significant rock-carving works, including a series of carvings on massive rock formations in various V-shaped, U-shaped, sickle-shaped, circular, and channel forms. Research has shown that these signs were not made randomly, but within a standard framework and according to certain measurements. These carvings were initially called Monumental Rock Signs. Although there are some other signs dated to the Hittite and Late Hittite periods that have been called rock signs in the literature, these more identifiable signswhich fit certain standards and consist of geometric shapesappeared only in the first millennium. These signs are observed predominantly in the areas around the Lake Van basin; in other words, at sites within the Urartian region. On the one hand, this distribution suggests that almost all such rock signs emerged from Urartu; however, this type of rock carving also appears in certain areas within the land of the Phrygians the western neighbors of Urartu, raising the question of the exact origins and interactions of these signs. This essay will discuss the interaction between these two regions within the framework of the rock signs found in the Urartian region and data from Hamamkaya and Zey Necropolis in the Phrygian region.

 Urartu had significant rock-carving works, including a series of carvings on massive rock formations in various V-shaped, U-shaped, sickle-shaped, circular, and channel forms. Research has shown that these signs were not made randomly, but within a standard framework and according to certain measurements. These carvings were initially called Monumental Rock Signs. Although there are some other signs dated to the Hittite and Late Hittite periods that have been called rock signs in the literature, these more identifiable signswhich fit certain standards and consist of geometric shapesappeared only in the first millennium. These signs are observed predominantly in the areas around the Lake Van basin; in other words, at sites within the Urartian region. On the one hand, this distribution suggests that almost all such rock signs emerged from Urartu; however, this type of rock carving also appears in certain areas within the land of the Phrygians the western neighbors of Urartu, raising the question of the exact origins and interactions of these signs. This essay will discuss the interaction between these two regions within the framework of the rock signs found in the Urartian region and data from Hamamkaya and Zey Necropolis in the Phrygian region.

 Urartu had significant rock-carving works, including a series of carvings on massive rock formations in various V-shaped, U-shaped, sickle-shaped, circular, and channel forms. Research has shown that these signs were not made randomly, but within a standard framework and according to certain measurements. These carvings were initially called Monumental Rock Signs. Although there are some other signs dated to the Hittite and Late Hittite periods that have been called rock signs in the literature, these more identifiable signswhich fit certain standards and consist of geometric shapesappeared only in the first millennium. These signs are observed predominantly in the areas around the Lake Van basin; in other words, at sites within the Urartian region. On the one hand, this distribution suggests that almost all such rock signs emerged from Urartu; however, this type of rock carving also appears in certain areas within the land of the Phrygians the western neighbors of Urartu, raising the question of the exact origins and interactions of these signs. This essay will discuss the interaction between these two regions within the framework of the rock signs found in the Urartian region and data from Hamamkaya and Zey Necropolis in the Phrygian region.

Makale detayları

The Interaction of Urartian Rock Signs with Phrygians

Yazarlar:

Esra Alp

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Archaeological Science

Dergi:

Anatolian Research Issue 31, pp.171-182

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2025

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001340640

pISSN:

0569-9746

Urartu

Phrygia

Rock Signs

Cultural İnteraction

Iron Age

Sayı

Makale detayları

The Interaction of Urartian Rock Signs with Phrygians

Yazarlar: Esra Alp

Yayıncı: Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar: Archaeological Science

Dergi: Anatolian Research Issue 31, pp.171-182

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 1/2025

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2001340640

pISSN: 0569-9746

Urartu

Phrygia

Rock Signs

Cultural İnteraction

Iron Age

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Esra Alp

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Archaeological Science

Dergi:

Anatolian Research Issue 31, pp.171-182

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2025

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001340640

pISSN:

0569-9746