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Alyar Örme Mezari |
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Rock-cut Tomb |
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Eastern Anatolia |
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Mus |
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Malazgirt |
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Village:
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Alyar |
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Survey |
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| It is located on the low, ridge on the section facing to the north, about 500 m east of Alyar Village in Malazgirt District of Mus Province. It was discovered during the survey conducted by Biber-Çavusoglu in 2011. The grave in N-S direction consists of a dromos facing to the north with a dimension of 0.90x1.10 m and a burial chamber with a dimension of 1.85 x 3.60 m. Since the floor contains soil deposit, the height is not clear. However the present height is 1.10 m. The burial chamber is accessible through a rectangular shaped opening measuring 1.10 x 1.20 m from the anterior chamber. There two niches on the west and south walls of the rectangular planned burial chamber. The one on the west wall measures 0.70x.0.70 m while the one on the east wall is 0.70x0.95 m in dimensions. The burial chamber was erected with semi-worked, cyclopean rectangular stones and only a quite heavy capstone with a dimension of 1.70x2.50 m was preserved up to date. No capstones apart from that one were found. Both the walls of anterior chamber and burial chamber were built with medium and large sized stones, some of which are rectangular shaped, with good craftsmanship. By contrast with the graves built in corbelling technique in Early IA, the walls of these graves are straight and have 90-degree angle. It bears the characteristics of Middle IA in terms of craftsmanship and plan [Biber-Çavusoglu 2013:312-13]. |
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