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Döger Asar Kaya |
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Fortress |
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Altitude:
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Region:
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Aegean |
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Province:
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Afyonkarahisar |
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District:
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Ihsaniye |
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Village:
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Döger |
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Investigation Method:
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Survey |
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Early Phrygian Middle Phrygian Late Phrygian |
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| It lies 4.5 km northeast of the Döger Subdistrict. There is a fortress on a high rocky plateau, and some large and small rock masses spreading onto a wide terrain on its skirts. A Phrygian rock-cut façade and a rocky block carved as a pedestal were discovered and roughly drawn in 1897 by J.G.C. Anderson. The site was systematically surveyed by C.H.E. Haspels during which he provided scaled drawings of two pedestals and a Phrygian rock-cut façade. A major part of the 57 m long fortress has been collapsed, thus architectural remains can not be clearly identified. The blocks, which fell off the fortress, rolled over the southwestern slopes. The preserved sections house multi-storey Byzantine rock structures. The site was recently surveyed by G. de Francovich, T. Tüfekçi-Sivas and H. Sivas. Although the carved rocky mass to the southwest of the fortress was included in the plan by Haspels, no comment was made about its function. According to Francovich, it is a cult structure erected for the Main Phrygian Goddess. On the other hand, T. Tüfekçi-Sivas and H. Sivas believe that it was a grape press carved into the rock, of which alikes can be found at Demirli Kale. The Phrygian rock-cut façade at Döger Asar Kaya was carved into the midst of a large rocky mass. It is 1.95 m high, and 1.06 to 1.14 m wide. It is 1.65 m high above the ground level. It represents the façade of a sacred tower-like building with a gable roof. A major part of the façade is covered by a rectangular niche. In front, there are three symbolic steps carved into the rocks. |
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