Burmageçit tomb
archaeological site · 1700 AD – 2100 AD
Burmageçit, Tunceli ((Kurdish: Şixso)) is a modern Turkish settlement in the Tunceli province in eastern Turkey. Here was a tomb in which several Urartian metal objects have been found. Among them was a bronze helmet with a note of ownership (CTU B 5-8) of the Urartian king Minua (9th / 8th century BCE).
- Coordinates
- 38.96562, 39.53871
- Also known as
- Burmageçit (tr), Burmageçit, Burmagecit (tr), Şixso (ku), Şixso, Sixso (ku)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)