Toprakkale

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Toprakkale is an ancient fortress and archaeological site in eastern Turkey that served as a significant center of the Iron Age Kingdom of Urartu.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Urartian archaeological site
ancient fortress
archaeological site
associatedWith Urartian kings
Urartian royal administration
country Turkey
culture Urartian culture
linked to: Kingdom of Urartu
excavatedBy archaeologists from the late 19th century onward
hasAlternativeName Toprakkale Höyüğü
linked to: Toprakkale fortress

Toprakkale fortress
hasFeature fortification walls
palatial structures
stone foundations
storage rooms
temple remains
hasFind Urartian inscriptions
architectural reliefs
bronze artifacts
ceramic vessels
inscribed cuneiform tablets
hasFunction fortress
royal center
heritageStatus important archaeological heritage site of Turkey
languageOfInscriptions Urartian
linked to: Urartian language
locatedIn Van Province
eastern Turkey
locatedNear Lake Van
city of Van
material mudbrick
stone
nearbyPoliticalEntity modern city of Van
overlooks a strategic plain near Lake Van
partOf Kingdom of Urartu
region Armenian Highlands
ancient Near East
linked to: Ancient Near East
researchField Near Eastern archaeology
Urartian studies
significance major center of the Kingdom of Urartu
strategicImportance control of regional trade routes
military defense of Urartian heartland
timePeriod 7th century BCE
8th century BCE
9th century BCE
usedDuring Iron Age
writingSystem cuneiform

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