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Location

  • Türkiye, Yassıhüyük
  • geo:39.651855,31.998144

Period or year

  • -760~ / unknown

Classification

  • graves
  • Visible

Tumulus P - Child's Tomb [Gordion]

data access 24024

Tumulus P - T 241was a child grave built ca 760 BC. Room-like burial chamber made of wood and covered with soil contains scheleton of a 4-5 years old person. With the child many wooden toys in a shape of diffrent animals was dicovered.

  1. Elisabeth Simpson, A Parasol from Tumulus P at Gordion [ Gordion'da P Tümülüsü'nden Bir Güneş Şemsiyesi ] - http://www.academia.edu/7117549
  2. Machteld Johanna Mellink, A Hittite cemetery at Gordion, Philadelphia : University Museum, University of Pennsylvania 1956
  3. https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/tumulus-mm/

References

  1. ↑http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/ilanlar/eskiilanlar/2015/07/20150715-4-1.pdf

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Creators: Entry created by Elżbieta (2015-12-30) , with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/24024
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Suggested citation: Elżbieta , Tumulus P - Child's Tomb [Gordion]. https://vici.org/vici/24024, accessed 2026-11-12.