Atilla Batmaz

Ege University · Department of Archeology

ki çağdaş kültürün birbiri arasında etkileşim veya iletişim olduğunu gösteren kanıtlardan bir tanesi çanak çömlek özellikleridir. Öte yandan farklı zamanlarda yaşamış ancak aynı coğrafyayı paylaşmış kültürlerin ürettiği benzer nesneler/ürünler için bir iletişim veya etkileşimden söz edilemez. Zira doğrudan bir temas yoktur, ancak aktarım söz konusu...

The first conference to be dedicated to the archaeology of eastern Turkey was held at Ege University, Izmir, in February 2019. This volume publishes 15 revised versions of papers dealing with issues related to the archaeology of the region. The wide range of topics includes discoveries dating from prehistoric times to the Iron Ages, and both surfac...

Related Article Abstract:The purpose of this paper is to cast light on how the red glossy slipped pottery of the Urartian Kingdom (9th–6th century BC) was manufactured. Ethnoarchaeology and experimental archaeology, as well as more traditional archaeological research methods, are used to discern the processes involved. First, the pottery was catego...

The purpose of this paper is to cast light on how the red glossy slipped pottery of the Urartian Kingdom (9th–6th century BC) was manufactured. Ethnoarchaeology and experimental archaeology, as well as more traditional archaeological research methods, are used to discern the processes involved. First, the pottery was categorized based on surface tr...

Birinci derece deprem bölgesinde kurulan Urartu Krallığı, kuruluşundan itibaren deprem ve onun neden olduğu tahribatı çok kez yaşamış olmalıdır. Bu nedenle kuruluş aşamasından itibaren krallık, inşa faaliyetlerini gerçekleştirirken deprem riskini gözardı etmiş olması beklenemez. Dolayısıyla klasik Urartu inşa tekniklerinin oluşmasında depreme karşı...

The paper analyses tin bronze weaponry found at the first‐half‐of‐the‐seventh‐century‐BCE Urartian fortress in the Lake Van region of eastern Turkey. Examples of finely manufactured artefacts provide evidence for the consumption of high‐quality bronzes in a well‐defined elite context. This study tests for the presence or absence of long‐distance pr...

The Urartian state, which was established in a first-degree seismic zone in Eastern Anatolia and ruled there for several centuries, was shaken by severe earthquakes during its existence. It can be concluded from the remains of buildings that the rulers of the kingdom attempted to mitigate the effects of earthquakes on the ettlements and were to a c...

The primary objective of the present work is to make a comparison between the red glossy slip of Urartian pottery (commonly known as Urartian red polished ware) and local clays by conducting a variety of examinations. As a result of these investigations, the authors will suggest the most likely clay sources for ceramics and the slip that may have b...

Van'ın Bardakçı Köyü tarih boyunca geleneksel yöntemler ile yerel çanak çömlek üretimi gerçekleştirmiş olmasına karşın bu çömlekçilik faaliyetleri yeteri kadar araştırılmamıştır. Köyde 2013 yılında etno-arkeolojik ve deneysel arkeoloji çalışmalarının yanı sıra yok olmaya yüz tutmuş geleneksel Bardakçı seramik üretimini ayrıntılarıyla belgelemeye yö...

Culture is a very complex notion and the peculiarities of a particular culture differ depending on many variables. It can evolve over time, during which elements may be abandoned while other new ones may accrue. Urartians had one of the most enigmatic cultures in the ancient Near Eastern world. This article identifies the fundamental attributes tha...

Van Gölü’nün doğu kıyısında, Süphan Dağı’nın karşısında bulunan Ayanis Kalesi, Argişti oğlu Rusa (II. Rusa) tarafından MÖ 7. yüzyılda inşa ettirilmiş bir Urartu kalesidir. Kale, Argişti oğlu Rusa hükümdarlığı boyunca kullanılmış ve kullanımı esnasında önemli bir tadilat geçirmiştir. Kalenin birkaç kez yıkıcı deprem geçirdiği, bu depremlerden en az...

The Urartian Kingdom is renowned for its exceptional mastery in metal production amongst Near Eastern cultures during the first millennium BC. The production of metal artefacts played such a pivotal and leading role, that the Urartians became a strong opponent of the Assyrian empire in both warfare and artwork. As a state tradition, a considerable...

Conservation and valorization of cultural heritage is a fundamental element and an essential mission of the Mediterranean countries where most of the ancient and fascinating witnesses of human art and creativity are conserved. A large component of this cultural heritage consists of material cultural assets that are often exposed to harmful long-ter...

One of the well-known religious symbols in Urartian culture is the lion-headed shield. It is portrayed in the Khorsabad relief as hung on the walls of the temple built for Haldi, the chief god of Urartu, at Muṣaṣir and is mentioned in Assyrian written documents. Most importantly, an example has been unearthed in archaeological excavations of the Ur...

Bu makalede, Urartu kültüründe hangi tür faaliyetler için kurban kesildiği, kurban hayvanlarının türleri veya kurbanda uygulanması gereken normlar ile ilgili arkeolojik ve yazılıverileri değerlendirilerek kurban düşüncesinin Urartu dini için­deki konumu ve hangi uygulamalarda kullandığı konulan aydınlatılması hedeflen­miştir. Özellikle yazılı belge...

Present article aims to deal with concept of sacrifice and its rituals performed in the Urartian culture.Inscriptions show that the animal sacrifice is a crucial status in the Urartian religion. Inscriptions and archaeological finds have provided a considerable amount of information on the types of the sacrificial rituals, their rules as well as na...

Bronze weapons (VII cen BC) found during the archaeological excavation of the Ayanis fortress (lake Van, eastern Anatolia, Turkey) are investigated in order to determine their chemical composition and metallurgical features as well as to identify the micro-chemical and micro-structural nature of the corrosion products grown during long-term burial....

In the past two decades, the data obtained from Ayanis Fortress have changed our understanding of the culture of the Urartian Kingdom and have made it necessary that we reconsider it. Apart from providing very important information in the areas of economy, warfare and art in the reign of Rusa II, Ayanis Fortress (fig. 1), which is located on the ea...

Makale iki aşamalı olarak tasarlanan bir çalışmanın ilk bölümünü oluşturmaktadır.Van Gölü'nün doğu kıyısında kurulan Ayanisi Kalesi arkeolojik kazılarında Tapınak Alanı'nın batı kesiminde dinsel faaliyetlerin gerçekleştirildiği bir alan ortaya çıkartılmıştır.Bu alanda 10 No.lu Mekan olarak isimlendirilen bir oda içinde kutsal ağaçla ilişkili bir tö...

Before the Urartian Kingdom was established, the environs of Lake Van — the core area of Urartian culture — had attracted the attention of Assyrian kings from time to time. Therefore, political and military activities in the region are included in the inscriptions of the Assyrian State. The identity as well as the cultural and ethnic structure of t...

The manufacturing techniques, chemical composition and corrosion products grown on archaeological bronze shields found during the excavation of the Ayanis fortress (Lake Van region, Eastern Anatolia, Turkey) were studied by means of the combined use of scanning electron microscopy combined with energy dispersive spectrometry (SEM-EDS), X-ray diffra...

A noteworthy number of metallic artefacts dating back to 673–645 BC have been found during excavations in the Ayanis Fortress, near the lake of Van. They are large bronze shields, quivers, helmets, arrows and plates, some of which are decorated with cuneiform inscriptions, and demonstrate a high-level quality of technological competence reached by...

Urartian Kingdom, the only political organization in the Eastern Anatolia for 1st Millennium B.C., has yielded some settlements from which has been obtained objects refer to fish cult. One of these objects is a bronze fish figurine (or an application material) from Ayanis Fortress on the eastern shore of Lake Van. It is known that the fish has ritu...