SUÇEKEN VILLAGE CARAVANSERAI

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The inn is located on a rocky area 900m east of the center of the village of Suceken (Şıkefta), which is within the borders of Batman city center. The village of Sukeken is located 22km southeast of Batman city centre.

The inn, which has a U-plan feature, has a U-planned courtyard and was built as 2 floors. The ground floor of the northern section has been largely destroyed. This section consists of the hall and 2 rectangular-planned spaces with barrel vaults located to the east and west of the hall. The hall has been completely destroyed and only traces of its foundation have survived to the present day. The south and west façades of the place to the east of the hall were partially destroyed. On the south wall of this place, there are 3 crenellated window openings, which are now covered with rubble stones. There is a destroyed hearth niche in the east of the space. At the top of the hearth niche, there is a tulip motif made with the relief technique. On the south wall of the room, there is a bull head made in relief.

The second floor, whose entrance is not known, consists of a single space and this space was built on the ground floor in the east. There are 2 rectangular window openings on the east wall, and a hearth niche between these openings. On the south wall, there is 1 rectangular window opening with a stone lintel. The western part was built as a single storey and consists of a single space. There is a window opening on the south wall of the room.

While the western part of the inn was generally built as a single storey, the south was built as a 2-storey. The entrance to the ground floor is on the east and has a round arch. This floor consists of 3 barrel vaulted spaces. These 3 sections were probably used as places where animals were rested. A rectangular planned space was built on the southern space, and a large part of this space has been demolished. There is a hearth niche on the surviving north wall of the room. Only a part of the south wall of the rectangular planned place in the southwest corner of the courtyard has survived to the present day. Cut stone, rubble stone, cas mortar and occasionally earth mortar were also used in the construction of the inn, which was exposed to natural and human destruction.