Menua Canal
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The Menua Canal is an ancient irrigation and water-supply channel built in the 9th century BCE under the Urartian king Menua near modern-day Van in eastern Turkey.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient irrigation canal
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Menua’s Canal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shamiram Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approximateDate | around 800 BCE ⓘ |
| builtByCulture | Urartian Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtWith | stone-lined channel ⓘ |
| civilization | Urartu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| condition | partially preserved ⓘ |
| constructedBy |
King Menua
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
King of Urartu Menua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructedInCentury | 9th century BCE ⓘ |
| constructedInPeriod | Iron Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructedUnder | King Menua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial |
cut rock
ⓘ
stone ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | god Haldi ⓘ |
| engineeringType | gravity-fed canal ⓘ |
| fedBy | springs and streams diverted from Hoşap River basin ⓘ |
| geographicContext | mountainous terrain around Lake Van ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
inscriptions in Urartian cuneiform
ⓘ
rock-cut sections ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfMonument | rock inscription monument ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | important monument of Urartian engineering ⓘ |
| inscriptionLanguage | Urartian ⓘ |
| inscriptionScript | cuneiform ⓘ |
| length | approximately 50 kilometers ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
eastern Turkey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
near Van ⓘ |
| near | Lake Van NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearAncientCity | Tushpa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed royal inscriptions of King Menua
ⓘ
length and preservation for its age ⓘ |
| partOf | Urartian water management system ⓘ |
| purpose |
irrigation
ⓘ
water supply ⓘ |
| region | Eastern Anatolia Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance |
key source for studying Urartian hydraulic engineering
ⓘ
one of the oldest large-scale irrigation works in Anatolia ⓘ |
| sourceWaterBody | Hoşap River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stillExists | true ⓘ |
| tourism | visited archaeological attraction near Van ⓘ |
| usedInModernTimes | partly ⓘ |
| waterSupplyFor |
ancient city of Tushpa
ⓘ
fields near Tushpa ⓘ |
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