Hurkum (Dilkaya)

archaeological site · 2000 AD – 2099 AD

Hurkum (Dilkaya) is a modern village situated on the southern shore of Lake Van in the Southeast of Turkey near Ishanikom. In its church, a re-used column base with an inscription of the Urartian king Minua, son of Išpuini (9th / 8th century BCE) was found which reports the building of a banquet hall (CTU A 5-65C). Two other column bases with the same inscription have been found in a private house near the historic center of Van (CTU A 5-65A) and in a church of the monastery of Warrak Kilisa or Yedikilise (CTU A 5-65B).

Coordinates

38.36140, 43.14579

Also known as

Horkum, Dilkaya (tr)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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