Kadembas/Katepants

archaeological site · 1700 AD – 2100 AD · location approximate

Kadembas (Katepants) is a modern settlement in the Van Province in the Southeast of Turkey. Here several rock inscriptions of the Urartian king Minua (9th / 8th century BCE) were found which report the construction of the “Canal of Minua” which is still in use today. Furthermore a rock inscription of Tariria, wife of Minua, (9th / 8th century BCE) is located here which attributes a vineyard to her belongings.

Coordinates

38.40840, 43.23120

Also known as

Kadembas (tr), Kadembas, Katepants (tr), Kadembastı (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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