A 2nd millennium BC Hittite dam.. A dam built by the Hittite King Tudhaliya IV in 1240 BC. According to the Hittite inscription in Luwian hieroglyphs found during excavation of the area that building was dedicated to the Hittite goddess Ḫepat.
See:
- Yasemin Kuşlu, Üstün Şahin: "Water Structures in Anatolia from Past to Present" Journal of Applied Sciences Research, vol. 5, no. 12 (2009), pp. 2109–2116
- Günther Garbrecht, "Historische Wasserbauten in Ost-Anatolien" In Christoph Ohlig (eds.): Wasserbauten im Königreich Urartu und weitere Beiträge zur Hydrotechnik in der Antike, BoD – Books on Demand, 2004 p. 90
