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Yesemek

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Gabriel Mckee
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker
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Last modified Nov 03, 2023 01:54 PM — History
Quarry and sculpture workshop founded under the Hittite king Suppiluliuma in the 14th century BCE.

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/129809446

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production center (manufacturing, fishing), quarry

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The “Yesemek Quarry and Sculpture Workshop” is located 23 km southeast of the Islahiye district on the West hills of Karatepe (Aslanlıtepe) in the Yesemek Village. The site was added to the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 2012.


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Gabriel Mckee, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Yesemek: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/129809446> [accessed: 25 April 2024] 

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