DOI Artikel:
Sterrett, John R. Sitlington: The Wolfe expedition to Asia Minor
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.8680#0091
TO ASIA MINOR.
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June 12. Dulgerler to Dulgerler Yai'lasu, 4 h. 32 m. The ascent
•of Ala Dagh from Dulgerler is long and steep. On the summit of
Akardja Tepesi are some traces of an ancient village ; amongst the
ruins are several stones with bas-reliefs, and a sarcophagus lid with a
crouching lion. At Dulgerler Yai'lasu are the ruins of an ancient
village with stela? and bas-reliefs. Dulgerler Yai'lasu is an Ova of
considerable extent on the summit of the great Ala Dagh range.
Ala Dagh is the name of the whole mountain chain lying west of
the Gok Su, and between the Gok Su and the Alata Su, which latter
runs around it in a semicircle from Alata. The peaks of Ala Dagh
bear different names, — Gok Tepe, Yelli Bel Daghii, Makhram Dagh,
Boz Dagh, Ak Kaya, Kaliin Aghyl Daghii. — which latter forms the
extreme northwest end of Ala Dagh. The whole range runs south-
east and northwest.
June 13. Leaving Dulgerler Yai'lasu for Baghdad Kyri (1 h. 53 m.),
we traverse the undulating Ova, with the backbone of Ala Dagh, formed
by Boz Dagh, Makhram Dagh, and Yelli Bel Daghii, immediately to
our right. At Baghdad Kyri are the ruins of a large ancient village.
Noteworthy are several ruined mausolea, stela? with bas-reliefs, and
numerous lids of sarcophagi with lions in a sitting posture covering
the whole lid. The sarcophagi themselves are dug out of the solid
rock, and are consequently immovable and indestructible. The
ornamented lids have been mostly moved from their original posi-
tions. In the hillside are a number of dug-out dwellings about seven
feet square ; they are walled on all sides and vaulted above. They
cannot be seen until one is immediately among them; they are still
occasionally used as dwellings during the summer by villagers who
come up to the mountains to pasture their herds.
Returning to Dulgerler Yai'lasu, we set out for Alata (1 h. 4 m.). An
hour's travel brings us to the edge of a great precipice at the extreme
end of Boz Dagh. Far below us, almost perpendicularly, lies Alata in a
diminutive valley or great sink in the mountains. About five minutes
south of the village the main body of the Alatu Su rushes from the
foot of the mountain, — a clear, cold stream. It is true, a small
stream, coming from the south and containing the drain-water from
the mountains, may be considered as the remote source of the Alata
Su ; but still the real source is close to Alata itself. The villages on
the Alata Su below Alata are Avshar, Ilidje Pufiar, Pirlevganda,
Sazak, Mernek.
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June 12. Dulgerler to Dulgerler Yai'lasu, 4 h. 32 m. The ascent
•of Ala Dagh from Dulgerler is long and steep. On the summit of
Akardja Tepesi are some traces of an ancient village ; amongst the
ruins are several stones with bas-reliefs, and a sarcophagus lid with a
crouching lion. At Dulgerler Yai'lasu are the ruins of an ancient
village with stela? and bas-reliefs. Dulgerler Yai'lasu is an Ova of
considerable extent on the summit of the great Ala Dagh range.
Ala Dagh is the name of the whole mountain chain lying west of
the Gok Su, and between the Gok Su and the Alata Su, which latter
runs around it in a semicircle from Alata. The peaks of Ala Dagh
bear different names, — Gok Tepe, Yelli Bel Daghii, Makhram Dagh,
Boz Dagh, Ak Kaya, Kaliin Aghyl Daghii. — which latter forms the
extreme northwest end of Ala Dagh. The whole range runs south-
east and northwest.
June 13. Leaving Dulgerler Yai'lasu for Baghdad Kyri (1 h. 53 m.),
we traverse the undulating Ova, with the backbone of Ala Dagh, formed
by Boz Dagh, Makhram Dagh, and Yelli Bel Daghii, immediately to
our right. At Baghdad Kyri are the ruins of a large ancient village.
Noteworthy are several ruined mausolea, stela? with bas-reliefs, and
numerous lids of sarcophagi with lions in a sitting posture covering
the whole lid. The sarcophagi themselves are dug out of the solid
rock, and are consequently immovable and indestructible. The
ornamented lids have been mostly moved from their original posi-
tions. In the hillside are a number of dug-out dwellings about seven
feet square ; they are walled on all sides and vaulted above. They
cannot be seen until one is immediately among them; they are still
occasionally used as dwellings during the summer by villagers who
come up to the mountains to pasture their herds.
Returning to Dulgerler Yai'lasu, we set out for Alata (1 h. 4 m.). An
hour's travel brings us to the edge of a great precipice at the extreme
end of Boz Dagh. Far below us, almost perpendicularly, lies Alata in a
diminutive valley or great sink in the mountains. About five minutes
south of the village the main body of the Alatu Su rushes from the
foot of the mountain, — a clear, cold stream. It is true, a small
stream, coming from the south and containing the drain-water from
the mountains, may be considered as the remote source of the Alata
Su ; but still the real source is close to Alata itself. The villages on
the Alata Su below Alata are Avshar, Ilidje Pufiar, Pirlevganda,
Sazak, Mernek.