#kultepe

[bagdemagus]

Clay envelope with cylinder seal impressions for a tablet recording a loan of gold

Old Assyrian period, 19th century BCE

Excavated at Kültepe, ancient Kanesh

Istanbul Archaeological Museums, Ka.954

[philoursmars]

Mi-mai, mon cousin Olivier et sa compagne franco-américaine Bonnie, sont venus me voir. D'où une visite obligatoire au Louvre-Lens :

statue-menhir (personnage féminin) du Mas-Capelier - Calmels (Aveyron - Rouergue), Néolithique, 3000 av. J-C.

cheval - Le-Roc-de-Sers (Charente) - Paléolithique, 18.000 av. J-C.

boisseau - Suse, Iran, 4000 av. J-C.

sceau en jaspe - Girsu, Irak, 3500-3100 av. J-C.

sceau-cylindre avec héros, lions et scorpion - Akkad, 2250 av. J-C.

jarre - Japon, période jômon 3000-2000 av. J-C.

statuette bicéphale en albâtre - Kültepe, Cappadoce, 3000-2000 av. J-C.

[archaeologs]

🇬🇧 Waršama Palace Waršama palace at Kültepe, an archaeological site located in the Kayseri Province in Turkey which consists of a tell, Kültepe, and a town located below where an Assyrian settlement was discovered. Based on the dendrochronological analysis of wood remains from buildings of the Waršama Palace, the construction can be dated from the 19th century BC. 🇹🇷 Warşama Sarayı Warşama Sarayı. Kayseri, Kültepe'de bulunan bir arkeolojik sit içindeki antik saray. Sarayın tarihi, ahşap kalıntılara dayandırılarak, dendrokronolojik testlerle MÖ. 19. yüzyıla tarihlendirilmiştir. Adlarını bildiğimiz beş Kaniş Kralı, sitadelde 7. katta inşa edilmiş büyük sarayda oturmuşlardır. Şiddetli bir yangınla tahrip edilmiş olan bu anıtsal yapının enkazında bulunan ve Maraş civarına lokalize edilen Mama Kralı Anum-hirbi’nin Kaniş’e gönderdiği bir mektubu içeren tabletten edinilen bilgilere göre bu saray, Kaniş kralı İnar’ın oğlu Warşama’ya aittir.

[photoomm-blog]

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[mirekulous]

Three massive 4,000-year-old storage jars or pithoi have been unearthed during excavations in the Kanis-Kultepe-Karum archaeological site in the central Turkish province of Kayseri.

The three structures, which have a capacity of about 2.5 to 3 tons each...

While still unsure as to their use, experts say it would be difficult to produce the amphoras, even with today’s technology...

(via The Archaeology News Network: Giant storage jars unearthed at Kultepe)

[archaeologicalnews]

Centuries-old baby rattle among Kültepe findings

A baby rattle has been found in the Kültepe Kaniş-Karum trade colony, where excavations have been continuing since 1948 in the central Anatolian province of Kayseri.

A team from Ankara University Archaeology Department, headed by Professor Fikri Kulakoğlu, has been working in the area and unearthed the rattle, which dates back to 4,000 B.C.

Kulakoğlu said works had been continuing there for 69 years. He said, “Archaeological excavations have been carried out in Kültepe since 1948. Here it is possible to find what we [commonly] find in houses today. Read more.

[thetestpit]

This year’s excavations at Kayseri’s ancient site of Kültepe, a center where the written history of Anatolia began, have unearthed a large monument. The ancient monument will now be carefully examined, said the head of the Kültepe excavations Fikri Kulakoğlu.