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Surroundings:

Storm-god statueKaratepeKaratepe - Hittite lion (museum)Azatiwataya - reconstruction planKaratepeKaratepe - Hittite Storm God StatueSouth Gate - West WallSouth Gate - East WallSouth Gate - East Wall - InscriptionSouth Gate -West WallSouth Gate - East Wall - InscriptionSouth Gate - East Wall - InscriptionSouth Gate - East WallNorth Gate - East WallKaratepe - city wallsNorth Gate - East WallKaratepe - Hittite sculptureNorth Gate - East WallKaratepe - city wallsKaratepe - Hittite lionNorth Gate - East WallCeyhan River at KaratepeKaratepe - Hittite lion (museum)Down to the Ceyhan River - outside the wallsKaratepe - Hittite Storm GodKaratepe - Hittite lion (museum)Storm God of Domuztepe

Location:

  • Türkiye, Pınarözü
  • geo:37.290279,36.255447
  • Location ± 100-500 m.

Period or year:

  • -8xx~ / -7xx

Class:

  • Vicus or canabae
  • invisible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=26491

Annotations

Domuztepe Mound, located ca 35 km from Osmaniye. It Nowaday the prehistoric settlement levels located on the banks of the Aslantaş Dam, have been submerged under water. It was marked in 1947 by Bossert and B. Alkım.

See:

Sources:

  1. Bahadir Alkım, "Domuztepe kazılarının arkeolojik sonuçları / Results of the recent excavations at Domuztepe," Belleten 62, 1952: 225–50.
  2. J. D.  Hawkins, Corpus of Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions, Vol 1, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2000

Nearby

Karatepe – Azatiwataya

Karatepe (in turkish means Black Hill) was important Hittite city in Taurus Mountains (Osmaniye Province). It was located on the high bank of the Ceyhan River and surrounded by stone walls.


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