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Istanbul Archaeological Museums, Ka.954

statuette bicéphale en albâtre - Kültepe, Cappadoce, 3000-2000 av. J-C.

🇬🇧 Waršama Palace Waršama palace at Kültepe, an archaeological site located in the Kayseri Province in Turkey which consists of a tell, Kültepe, and a town located below where an Assyrian settlement was discovered. Based on the dendrochronological analysis of wood remains from buildings of the Waršama Palace, the construction can be dated from the 19th century BC. 🇹🇷 Warşama Sarayı Warşama Sarayı. Kayseri, Kültepe'de bulunan bir arkeolojik sit içindeki antik saray. Sarayın tarihi, ahşap kalıntılara dayandırılarak, dendrokronolojik testlerle MÖ. 19. yüzyıla tarihlendirilmiştir. Adlarını bildiğimiz beş Kaniş Kralı, sitadelde 7. katta inşa edilmiş büyük sarayda oturmuşlardır. Şiddetli bir yangınla tahrip edilmiş olan bu anıtsal yapının enkazında bulunan ve Maraş civarına lokalize edilen Mama Kralı Anum-hirbi’nin Kaniş’e gönderdiği bir mektubu içeren tabletten edinilen bilgilere göre bu saray, Kaniş kralı İnar’ın oğlu Warşama’ya aittir.

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(via The Archaeology News Network: Giant storage jars unearthed at Kultepe)

Kulakoğlu said works had been continuing there for 69 years. He said, “Archaeological excavations have been carried out in Kültepe since 1948. Here it is possible to find what we [commonly] find in houses today. Read more.

This year’s excavations at Kayseri’s ancient site of Kültepe, a center where the written history of Anatolia began, have unearthed a large monument. The ancient monument will now be carefully examined, said the head of the Kültepe excavations Fikri Kulakoğlu.