- Van İnsani ve Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi
- Issue: 5
- Kabzası Çerçeveli Urartu Kılıçları ve Yapım Teknikleri
Kabzası Çerçeveli Urartu Kılıçları ve Yapım Teknikleri
Authors : Hanifi BİBER
Pages : 120-139
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Publication Date : 2023-06-21
Article Type : Research Article
Abstract :Abstract The Urartians were one of the important civilizations of the Middle Iron Age, which dominated Eastern Anatolia in the 1st millennium BC. When the Urartian Kingdom, which ruled for two hundred and fifty years under the rule of the capital Tuspa, is examined, it is seen that the most important achievements are in the field of architecture. castles, palaces, temples, irrigation systems such as dams, ponds and canals, etc. The structures that show the level of development they have reached in this field. On the other hand, the Urartians were engaged in mining, art, pottery production, etc. It has succeeded in becoming a civilization with its own characteristics in various fields. Especially, they made great progress in mining, and by using forging and casting techniques, they were able to produce the most superior metal art products of their period. It has not been easy for the Urartian kingdom to be able to live in a region with a mountainous and rugged geographical structure and to be able to protect these lands against the enemy states and/or principalities around it, especially the Assyrian Kingdom, which is their eternal enemy in the south. The Urartians, who needed a strong army to achieve this, were able to produce the necessary weapons, especially to equip this army, thanks to their superior success in mining, and thus, among other factors, were able to fight one of the most important powers of the period, such as Assyria. It can be distinguished from the weapons of contemporary cultures at first glance and can be called "Urartian type”; Among the Urartian swords, which draw attention with their distinctive hilt structures consisting of hemispherical or conical crest, grip-protruding handle and cuffed balk, the \'hilt-framed swords\' are notable for having a particularly complicated hilt structure, although they are not the most advanced swords. Superior metallurgical and mining knowledge and skills are required to produce bimetallic hilts of Urartian swords with a rimmed hilt structure produced by using bronze and iron together. In this article, the type of Urartian swords, which is a type of Urartian swords with a very strong structure and aesthetically beautiful appearance, produced by the Urartians, who are considered as a mining community, is introduced and its construction techniques are evaluated.Keywords : Urartular, Madencilik, Silah, Kılıç, Kabza