Lighting tools in Urartian Kingdom

It began to strengthen in the east of Anatolia in the 9th century BC. 7th century Urmiye Lake Basin in the east until the, The Taurus Mountains in the south, the Transcaucasia in the north and the Urartian Kingdom, extending to the banks of the Euphrates in the west, are one of the most powerful civilizations of the Iron Age. The subject of the study is to examine the rich work of the Urartian Kingdom and the various forms of illumination tools. Urartu lighting tools are made of two materials, metal and terracotta. The lighting tools, which are the subject of the thesis study, are examined in five sections from a typological point of view. While typological classification, the forms and construction techniques of oil lamps were taken into consideration. In the first part of the thesis, information about the construction techniques, formal development and usage areas of illumination tools are given. In addition, some information is given about the lighting history and then the information about the lighting tools and the places where they are used are mentioned.