Çattepe Höyüğü'nde Bulunan Pişmiş Toprak Kandiller.

Çattepe Mound is near the Çattepe Village (Tilli/Tili/Til) of the Kurtalan District of Siirt Province. The mound is on a natural peninsula at the junction of Botan and Tigris rivers. Çattepe had been a very important settlement until the 11th centuryAD due to its strategic location. This settlement was settled from the Prehistoric period to the Middle Ages, and has lost its importance after the 11th century AD. During the survey and excavantion works on the mound many finds from different periods were found. However, there are a few finds of terracotta oil lamps from late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Lamps from Çattepe are divided into two main groups as mould made and wheel made; the majority form is wheel made, glazed oil lamps. In additon, it was observed that there were burning marks on the nose of the lamps, indicating that the lamp was used for lighting. Furthermore, lamp finds that were affected by the fire dating to the 10th century AD and which we can give to the same date was also recovered. These details are also important in terms of linking the settlement and its finds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]