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Karaburun |
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Flat Settlement and Tumulus |
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1210 m |
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Mediterranean |
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Antalya |
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Elmali |
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Village:
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Bayindir |
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Excavation |
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| It is located in Karaburun Hill in Elmali District of Antalya Province. It appears in the Antalya Culture Inventory which was achieved after the surveys organized by the Antalya Province Culture and Tourism Directorship in 2005. The burial chamber of the tumulus in E-W direction is in quadrangle plan and it measures 3x2.61 m. Interior height is 1.95 m and the exterior height is 2.66 m. It was built with larger limestone blocks. It consists of two blocks. The south and north walls merge vertically, while the west wall merges horizontally. There is a triangular pediment on the west wall. The east wall consists of six blocks. The roof block on the south is 3.80 m and the one on the north is 3.60 m in length. The south block is placed on the one on the north and they form a gable roof. The kline made out of limestone block is adjacent to the west wall and it measures 2.10x1x0.50 m in dimension. The walls, kline and floor are ornamented with paint decoration. The entrance of the grave without the dromos is located on the east. On the west wall, the grave owner, his wife and his two servants were depicted. There is a scene of a religious ceremonial procession with carriages on the south wall. A war scene with a bearded hero with his horse and two servants were pictured on the north wall and on the east wall, on the left of the door; there is a depiction of an old man. Lotus, rooster, partridge and dog motifs were depicted on the kline. The friezes which have heroic and religious scenes bear the Persian characteristics. The grave is made completely in Greco-Persian style and dated 475 BC. |
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