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No Name (Gündogan) |
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Rock-cut Tomb |
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Aegean |
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Mugla |
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Bodrum |
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Survey |
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| There are rock graves in Gündogan Town of Bodrum District, in Mugla Province. One of the graves is a rock grave with a short dromos and 6 niches. Another grave has a front room measuring 1x3.40 m and a second room with a dimension of about 4.10x3.30 m. The floor of the grave was covered with a stone fill and there are traces of parallel lines on the ceiling. A grave with rectangular planned entrance and a chamber with a vaulted ceiling has a kline. Another tomb with a triangular pediment has 2 klines. On the eastern slope of Dislen Tepe, there is a grave for 12 individuals carved into a single rock mass side by side. In Köyiçi Mevkii, there is a tomb, which was carved into a large rock mass, with a triangular pediment and a step. There are chamber graves that are placed side by side in Yukari Mahalle. The one in the east measures 2.52x0.88x0.79 m and there is a niche with a width of 92 cm on the west wall of the grave in the west. There are 2 adjoining rock graves in the west of Mandira Tepesi. The one in the south is in the rectangular plan and 84 m high. It is registered in the Cultural Inventory of Mugla Province [Mugla KE III.2 2013: 1071-83; 1090-91; 1103; 1117]. |
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