History:Oylum, Kilis
Template:Infobox Turkey place Oylum is a neighbourhood of the city Kilis, Kilis District, Kilis Province, Turkey.[1] The village had a population of 517 in 2022.[2]
In late 19th century, German orientalist Martin Hartmann listed the village as a settlement of 15 houses inhabited by Turks.[3]
Archaeology
Oylum is home to a höyük mound with evidence of settlement dating as far back as the Chalcolithic.[4] Settlement continued into the Bronze and Iron Ages.[4] Some or all of the settlement was destroyed by fire twice in the Middle Bronze Age.[4] A third destruction event in the Late Bronze Age may be associated with Šuppiluliuma I's military campaign in Syria.[5]
The name of the site during this period of settlement has not been definitively determined.[5] "Oylum might be the Ulisum/Ullis referred to in the third millennium BC and the Ullaza/Ukulzat/Kuilzila of the second millennium BC."[5] Alternatively, Oylum has been suggested as the location of Hassuwa.[4]
Excavations have revealed a palace or administrative building dating to the Middle Bronze Age I period that was destroyed by fire. A well-preserved pottery kiln was discovered that was built during the Middle Bronze Age II period on top of the palace ruins.[6]
Bronze Age artifacts discovered at Oylum Höyük that contain inscriptions include a fragmentary cuneiform tablet from the Hittite period, which has been identified as a treaty between the Hittite King and a local ruler;[4] a lapis lazuli cylinder seal with a cuneiform inscription indicating that it belonged to a vizier named Bitna;[5] and a tablet written in Old Babylonian concerning a commercial debt.[5] Non-epigraphic finds suggest that Bronze Age Oylum shared a similar material culture to nearby Alalakh.[5]
References
- ↑ Mahalle , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ↑ "Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) - Results of 31 December 2022" (XLS). TÜİK. https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en.
- ↑ Hartmann, Martin (1894). Das liwa Haleb (Aleppo) und ein Teil des Liwa Dschebel Bereket. Berlin: W. Pormetter. p. 95.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Ünal, Ahmet (2015). "A Hittite Treaty Tablet from Oylum Höyük in Southeastern Turkey and the Location of Ḫaššu(Wa)". Anatolian Studies 65: 19-34. https://www.academia.edu/40513298/ANATOLIAN_STUDIES_Journal_of_the_British_Institute_at_Ankara_VOLUME_65_2015_C_a_m_b_r_i_d_g_e_INIWIBSI_IT_H_f_W_%C3%BCflESS?email_work_card=title.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Engin, Atilla (2020). "OYLUM HÖYÜK AND ALALAKH: CULTURAL RELATIONS IN THE SECOND MILLENNIUM BC". in Yener, Aslihan; Ingman, Tara. Alalakh and its Neighbours. Bristol, CT: Peeters. pp. 275-305. ISBN 978-90-429-3893-9. https://www.academia.edu/45412982/Engin_2020_Oylum_and_Alalakh. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
- ↑ Ezer, Sabahattin (2024). "Middle Bronze Age II Pottery Kiln at Oylum Höyük". Belleten 88 (313): 663-695. https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/4421456. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
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