Hagi/Aği/Kocapınar

archaeological site · 1900 AD – 2099 AD

Kocapınar (known as Hagi/Aği until officially renamed in 1959) is a modern town in the administrative district of Erciş in the Van Province in eastern Turkey. Here a stela with an inscription of Argišti II., son of Rusa (8th / 7th century BCE) was found which reports the creation of an artificial lake in front of Mount Quria.

Coordinates

39.09553, 43.19616

Also known as

Aği (tr), Aği (tr), Hagi (hy), Kocapınar (tr), Kocapınar (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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