Zernaki tepe
settlement · 330 BC – 300 AD
An ancient place in Van province, Turkey. It had a street grid, fortifications of mud brick on a polygonal masonry foundation, and at least 14 building inscriptions in Aramaic from the Parthian period. Professor Rafet Çavuşoğlu began a program of excavations in 2021, which appears to be unpublished as of October 2025.
- Coordinates
- 39.05863, 43.34784
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)