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Keşiş Gölü

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tags: ANE, Urartian, Urartu

Keşiş Gölü (“Priest Lake”), which known today as Turna Gölü, is an artificially-created lake located 23 km east of Van, in the Varak Dağı massif. The lake was made by the Urartian king Rusa, son of Erimena, to ensure a constant water supply water supply of the capital Tušpa. Four Urartian inscriptions, including a rock relief, were discovered in its vicinity. The upper part of a stele, the so-called Keşiş Göl stele (CTU I A 14-1), records the creation of Rusai Sue (“Lake Rusa”).

500 km

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/939323249

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
38.4676036985, 43.6069294743

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Keşiş Gölü (900 BC - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Keşiş Gölü (Turkish, AD 1800 - AD 2099)
- Rusai Sue (Urartian, 900 BC - 600 BC)
- Turna Gölü (Turkish, AD 2000 - AD 2099)

Keşiş Gölü makes connections with:

None

Keşiş Gölü receives connections from:

Kaisaran Rock Relief located near Keşiş Gölü (900 BC - 600 BC)

Place type:
lake

References:

Evidence:

eCUT A 14-01 (Q007110)

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Initial Provenance:
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Details:

The Keşiş Göl stele (CTU I A 14-1), records the creation of Rusai Sue as follows: "Rusa says: the abulši... man aga... towards mount Ura. I saw the place of this lake, [truly] the place was void; (there was) no existence of anything, not even a grain field was there pulaue iṣinaue aributai [(not even) a road] was there, no canal had (been) dug, not (even) a fountain was there. I secured the mighty mountainous land (and) collected the water from their pulaue and iṣinaue. I gave it the name 'Lake Rusa.'"

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Suggested citation:
Jamie Novotny, 'Keşiş Gölü: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/939323249> [accessed: 17 March 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/939323249 |title=Places: 939323249 (Keşiş Gölü) |author=Novotny, J. |accessdate=March 17, 2025 6:14 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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