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Cudi Dagi Kabartmalari |
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Relief |
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Altitude:
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Region:
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Southeastern Anatolia |
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Province:
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Sirnak |
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District:
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Cizre - Silopi |
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Village:
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Çaglayan - Kösreli |
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Investigation Method:
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Survey |
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Period:
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New Assyrian Empire Period |
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| The reliefs were first found by Rassam in 1897. The Sah and Hasanah reliefs were re-examined and based on the relief characteristics, it was concluded that they belonged to the kings from the Sargonid Dynasty. The reliefs are in two groups. One group was found in the Sah Village (now Çaglayan) of Silopi, and the other group in the Hasanah Village (now Kösreli) of Silopi. According to the documents from the Neo-Assyrian Period, Sennacherib launched a campaign to the Mount Nipur (Mount Cudi) during his fifth year (700 BC), and invaded the Land of Katmuhu. After capturing the city of Utku, he removed seven eagle nests on the Mount Nipur. And then, some inscribed reliefs were carved on the rocks in the region in consequence of his political achievements. As a result of investigations based on these finds, the Mount Nipur in the written documents was identified with the Mount Cudi. And the Land of Katmuhu was the region lying to the east of the Tigris, which is now called the Silopi Plain. And the city of Utku should have been the fortress in the Sah Village, partly including the modern village. In this case, it can be precisely concluded that these six reliefs depict the Neo-Assyrian King Sennacherib [Erkanal 1988a:112-114]. |
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