ÇUKURYURT VILLAGE ARCOSOLIUM ROCK TOMB

X: 41.468138 Y: 37.583811 Z:1040

The rock tomb is located 1.50 km southwest of Çukuryurt village, which is within the borders of Gercüş district of Batman province. The village is located 45km southeast of Batman center and 9km northeast of Gercüş district center.

The tomb carved into the bedrock consists of two klines and the klines are arcosolium. The entrance section facing south was largely destroyed and was covered with rubble stones in the later periods (Picture 1). (Picture 2) The burial chamber has a square plan. There is a kline on the north and west walls of the tomb. The kline no. 1 is on the north wall of the burial chamber (Picture 3), and the kline no. 2 is on the north wall of the burial chamber (Picture 4). It is available in the pillow sections of the klines. There is destruction throughout the rock tomb.