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Tuşpa Sitadeli’nden Yeni Bir Kaya Mezarı: BG 90
(Colloquium Anatolicum 17, 211-220, 2018) Genç, Bülent; GENÇ, Bülent; TAN, Armağan; 02.03. Department of Archaeology / Arkeoloji Bölümü; 02. Faculty of Letters / Edebiyat Fakültesi; 01. Mardin Artuklu University / Mardin Artuklu Üniversitesi
Important examples of Urartian royal tombs are located along the southern slopes of the rocky terrain of the Van Fortress. The rocky surfaces of these tombs are smoothed to form monumental façades. These multi-roomed rock-cut tombs thus attain a monumental appearance with their entrances and façades. However, a new rock-cut tomb that is different from the multi-roomed rock-cut tombs has been une- arthed at Van Fortress in 2016. This rock tomb consists of an antechamber in the form of a dromos and a main room behind it, and is also located on the southern slopes of the rocky terrain. Unlike the mul- ti-roomed rock-cut tombs, it was prepared by carving the rocky ground. It is planned as an underground tomb, the main room of which is accessed through a door, and thus appears to be a precedent of the multi-roomed tombs with monumental entrances and doors on the citadel. This tomb type, examples of which are known to have been constructed under the ground at sites such as Karagündüz and Altıntepe in the Lake Van basin, is notably more royally designed at Van Fortress. It provides new ideas about the development of royal tomb-cut tradition in particular.