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Balkayasi Aniti

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Balkayası Anıtı
Type:
Relief
Altitude:
m
Region:
Central Anatolia
Province:
Eskisehir
District:
Sivrihisar
Village:
Bögürtlen
Investigation Method:
Survey
Period:
Early Phrygian Middle Phrygian Late Phrygian

     


It was engraved on the vertical surface of one of the high rock masses, locally called Balkayasi, approximately 1 km south of the Bögürtlen Village. It has a gable roof with a triangular pediment. At the center there is a rectangular niche in two levels. The geometric decorations on the pediment and side walls were made with red paints.
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