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Armutlu Köyü 1 No'lu Kaya Mezari

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Armutlu Köyü 1 No'lu Kaya Mezarı
Type:
Rock-cut Tomb
Altitude:
m
Region:
Mediterranean
Province:
Antalya
District:
Elmali
Village:
Armutlu
Investigation Method:
Survey
Period:
Classical

     


It is located 20 km southwest of the hairpin bend leading to Avsar Quarter and it lies on the northern slope of the rocky hill in Kisiktas Mevkii in Armutlu Village; in Elmali District of Antalya Province. The grave appears in the Antalya Culture Inventory which was achieved after the surveys organized by the Antalya Province Culture and Tourism Directorship in 2005.Its entrance carved into rock faces to the north and it looks like a flat roofed, two storeyed dwelling with wooden posts. There are two door openings. The edges of the door openings are in rectangular shaped with fillet. It measures 0.4x0.8 m. The grave is single chambered with a dimension of 2x2x2 m. There is a plain, undecorated area between the bottom edge fillet and the door opening fillet. The grave is dated to 4th century BC.
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