Neighbourhood in Karaköprü, Şanlıurfa, Turkey
Gölpınar is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Karaköprü, Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey.[1] Its population is 670 (2022).[2] It is located about 15 km (9.3 mi) north of Urfa.[3]: 17 It is located just south of the road to Kabahaydar, 2 km (1.2 mi) east of the road's intersection with the main Urfa-Siverek highway.[3]: 17 It lies on a plain that stretches east toward Kabahaydar, between the Akziyaret Tepe hill to the north and the forested hills called Atatürk Ormanı (part of Germuş Dağ) to the south.[3]: 17 There is a spring in the east of the village.[3]: 17
Archaeology
The village sits on top of a small archaeological mound about 250 m in diameter and 10 m in height.[3]: 17 In some places, erosion from the spring has revealed basalt architectural fragments.[3]: 17 Old relief fragments are also visible in the walls of some houses.[3]: 17 Two ancient stone artifacts were found at Gölpınar: one is a broken stele, 116 cm tall and 42 cm wide, is now kept at the Şanlıurfa Museum; the other is an orthostat measuring 116x75x20 cm.[3]: 17–8 F. Kulakoğlu dated the stele to approximately the 8th century BCE and the orthostat to about the late 10th century BCE.[3]: 17–8 The stele depicts a male figure riding on a bull; the upper part of the male figure is missing.[3]: 18 He is wearing a short skirt with a wide belt and traditional Hittite shoes with upturned tips.[3]: 18 Attached to his belt is a sword.[3]: 18 The orthostat depicts a male figure riding a deer, also in a Hittite-like style with the head and lower body in profile but the torso shown head-on.[3]: 18 In this case, his head is missing except for his beard.[3]: 18 He is wearing a short-sleeved robe with a wide belt; attached to the belt is a short sword with a crescent-shaped hilt.[3]: 18 He is holding a bow in his left hand and two arrows in his right.[3]: 18 This imagery is associated with a god who was protector of the countryside.[3]: 18
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