Nerik
Sign in to saveNerik (Hittite: Nerik(ka)) was a Bronze Age settlement to the north of the Hittite capitals Hattusa and Sapinuwa, probably in the Pontic region. Since 2005–2009, the site of Nerik has been identified as Oymaağaç Höyük, on the eastern side of the Kızılırmak River, northwest of Vezirköprü.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Nerik
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Narak
- Ancient site.image
- Oymaağac Höyük 01.jpg
- Ancient site.map_type
- Turkey
- Ancient site.map_caption
- Location of Nerik in Turkey
- Ancient site.map_dot_label
- Nerik
- Ancient site.relief
- yes
- Ancient site.location
- Oymaağaç, Vezirköprü, Samsun Province, Turkey
- Ancient site.region
- Black Sea Region
- Ancient site.abandoned
- 1200 BC
- Ancient site.epochs
- Hittites
- Ancient site.excavations
- 2005–
- Ancient site.archaeologists
- Rainer Maria Czichon
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10 sectionsContents
- History
- Middle Bronze
- Hittite Old Kingdom
- Late Bronze
- Hittite Middle Kingdom
- Hittite New Kingdom
- Excavations
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Nerik (Hittite: Nerik(ka)) was a Bronze Age settlement to the north of the Hittite capitals Hattusa and Sapinuwa, probably in the Pontic region. Since 2005–2009, the site of Nerik has been identified as Oymaağaç Höyük, on the eastern side of the Kızılırmak River, northwest of Vezirköprü.
==History== It was occupied in the Middle Bronze and Late Bronze. The Hittites held it as sacred to a Storm-god who was the son of Wurušemu, Sun-goddess of Arinna. The weather god is associated or identified with Mount Zaliyanu near Nerik, responsible for bestowing rain on the city.
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