Oylum, Kilis

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Oylum
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 36°41′52″N37°10′50″E / 36.69778°N 37.18056°E / 36.69778; 37.18056
Country Turkey
Province Kilis
District Kilis
Municipality Kilis
Population
 (2022)
517
Time zone UTC+3 (TRT)

Oylum is a neighbourhood of the city Kilis, Kilis District, Kilis Province, Turkey. [1] The village had a population of 517 in 2022. [2]

In late 19th century, German orientalist Martin Hartmann listed the village as a settlement of 15 houses inhabited by Turks. [3]

Archaeology

Oylum is home to a höyük mound with evidence of settlement dating as far back as the Chalcolithic. [4] Settlement continued into the Bronze and Iron Ages. [4] Some or all of the settlement was destroyed by fire twice in the Middle Bronze Age. [4] A third destruction event in the Late Bronze Age may be associated with Šuppiluliuma I's military campaign in Syria. [5]

The name of the site during this period of settlement has not been definitively determined. [5] "Oylum might be the Ulisum/Ullis referred to in the third millennium BC and the Ullaza/Ukulzat/Kuilzila of the second millennium BC." [5] Alternatively, Oylum has been suggested as the location of Hassuwa. [4]

Excavations have revealed a palace or administrative building dating to the Middle Bronze Age I period that was destroyed by fire. A well-preserved pottery kiln was discovered that was built during the Middle Bronze Age II period on top of the palace ruins. [6]

Bronze Age artifacts discovered at Oylum Höyük that contain inscriptions include a fragmentary cuneiform tablet from the Hittite period, which has been identified as a treaty between the Hittite King and a local ruler; [4] a lapis lazuli cylinder seal with a cuneiform inscription indicating that it belonged to a vizier named Bitna; [5] and a tablet written in Old Babylonian concerning a commercial debt. [5] Non-epigraphic finds suggest that Bronze Age Oylum shared a similar material culture to nearby Alalakh. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  2. ↑ "Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) - Results of 31 December 2022" (XLS). TÜİK . Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  3. ↑ Hartmann, Martin (1894). Das liwa Haleb (Aleppo) und ein Teil des Liwa Dschebel Bereket. Berlin: W. Pormetter. p. 95.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Ünal, Ahmet (2015). "A Hittite Treaty Tablet from Oylum Höyük in Southeastern Turkey and the Location of Ḫaššu(Wa)". Anatolian Studies. 65: 19–34.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Engin, Atilla (2020). "OYLUM HÖYÜK AND ALALAKH: CULTURAL RELATIONS IN THE SECOND MILLENNIUM BC". In Yener, Aslihan; Ingman, Tara (eds.). Alalakh and its Neighbours. Bristol, CT: Peeters. pp. 275–305. ISBN   978-90-429-3893-9 . Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  6. ↑ Ezer, Sabahattin (2024). "Middle Bronze Age II Pottery Kiln at Oylum Höyük". Belleten. 88 (313): 663–695. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
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