Cavustepe's fortress city, Sardurihinli, cuneiform on wall of Temple of Irmusi ruins being read by Mehmet Kusman

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Mehmet Kusman, caretaker at site and one of only 38 cuneiform readers in world

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Size: 5150px × 3448px
Location: Cavustepe, Turkey
Photo credit: © Dennis Cox / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: ancient, cavustepe, citadel, cuneiform, eastern, fortress, irmusi, kusman, mehmet, reader, ruins, sardurihinli, settlement, temple, turkey, turkish, urartian, urartu, uruatri