BAĞLICA VILLAGE ROCK TOMB NO. 1-2

X: 41.158972 Y: 37.632253 Z: 1.124.62

The rock tomb no. 1-2 is located on the high mountain peak, known as Keleha Kasre by the local people, about 600 m north of the village of Bağlıca, which is within the borders of Gercüş district of Batman province. Baglica Village is located 29.26 km south of Batman city center and 20.08 km west of Gercüş district (Picture 1).

The rock tomb consists of two sections. Although it gives the impression of a rock dwelling, the presence of klines indicates that it is a rock tomb. In this area, which has two graveyards, a corridor was formed and two graves were combined, and the rock must have been used as a residence in the later periods. The cemetery area in the west has a rectangular plan close to the square, and the cemetery area in the east has an oval plan. 4 klines of the rock tombs have been preserved. Three of these klines have pillow marks on which the head of the deceased was placed.

There are three klines in the grave no. 1. There is a heavily damaged entrance to the south of the cemetery area (Picture 2). In the middle of the entrance part of the tomb number 2, there is a step created by simply deepening the rock. There is a kline in the tomb. No traces of pillows or barriers were found in the Kline (Picture 3).