Zivistan/Elmalık
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Creators: Birgit Christiansen Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Birgit Christiansen Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Mar 30, 2023 10:04 AM
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History
Elmalık (formerly Zivistan, Zewestan) is a village in the Van Province in the southeast of Turkey ca. 12 km to the south of Van. Two small Urartian fortresses have been found in the immediate vicinity, which are known as Aşağı Zivistan Kalesi ("Lower Zivistan Castle") and Yukarı Zivistan Kalesi ("Upper Zivistan Castle"). On the basis of several Urartian stone inscriptions of the Urartian king Išpuini (9th century BCE) (CTU I A 2-2 - A 2-4) and one rock inscription of the same king (CTU I A 2-5), both fortresses can be dated to the the reign of the Urartian king Išpuini (9th century BCE).
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/464766952
38.412146, 43.30932635
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM Location of modern Elmalık (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Representative Locations:
- CIGS location of Elmalık (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- Zivistan/Elmalık part of (administrative) Urartu (900 BC - 600 BC)
- Hazine Piri Kapısı located near Zivistan/Elmalık (unspecified date range)
findspot, place of finding, settlement-modern, fort group
Pleiades
Birgit Christiansen , Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, and Rune Rattenborg, 'Zivistan/Elmalık: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/464766952> [accessed: 21 November 2024]
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