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The catalogue records named fox depictions on a carved pillar and a nested vessel, alongside a fox-pelt loincloth on the paired central pillars. The clothing reference is distinct from animal figures.
Sites: Göbekli TepeKarahan Tepe
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3 OBJECT RECORDS · 2 SITES
Named wild-boar depictions appear on Pillar 27, the painted statue from Structure D and animals associated with a nested vessel assemblage at Karahan Tepe.
Sites: Göbekli TepeKarahan Tepe
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5 OBJECT RECORDS · 2 SITES
Snake forms appear as repeated reliefs at Enclosure A and in several object records. Some forms are described as snake-like rather than certain identifications.
Sites: Göbekli TepeNevalı Çori
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2 OBJECT RECORDS · 2 SITES
A large bird on Pillar 43 is described as a vulture; a vulture is also named among figures reported in a Karahan Tepe nested vessel.
Sites: Göbekli TepeKarahan Tepe
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6 OBJECT RECORDS · 3 SITES
Bird depictions include animals identified as cranes, birds of uncertain species and human–bird composite sculptures. Species labels stay attributed.
Sites: Göbekli TepeKarahan TepeNevalı Çori
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1 OBJECT RECORD · 1 SITE
A large scorpion is described among the reliefs on Göbekli Tepe’s Pillar 43.
Sites: Göbekli Tepe
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2 OBJECT RECORDS · 2 SITES
A bull is named among Pillar 2’s reliefs; the Sayburç panel has an animal described as a bull or aurochs.
Sites: Göbekli TepeSayburç
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A predator on Pillar 27 is described as lion or leopard; leopard depictions also occur in Karahan Tepe sculptures and the Sayburç relief.
Sites: Göbekli TepeKarahan TepeSayburç
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18 OBJECT RECORDS · 8 SITES
Human representations range from human-form pillars to naturalistic statues, reliefs and human–animal composites. Each record keeps its source’s wording.
Sites: Göbekli TepeKarahan TepeSayburçYeni Mahalle / Balıklıgöl HöyüğüNevalı ÇoriSefer TepeKilisikHarbetsuvan Tepesi
Sources: Of animals and a headless man: Göbekli Tepe, Pillar 43Oliver Dietrich, Tepe Telegrams / German Archaeological Institute · 2016 · excavator · retrieved 2026-10-22Göbekli Tepe: The Imagery of the Pillars in the Monumental Buildings A–D, F and HGerman Archaeological Institute / Reichert Verlag · 2025 · scholarly-monograph · retrieved 2026-10-22The Göbekli Tepe “Totem Pole”German Archaeological Institute · 2017 · excavator · retrieved 2026-10-22Karahantepe’de insan yüzlü T biçimli dikilitaş bulunduAnadolu Agency · 2025 · field-reporting · retrieved 2026-10-2211,000-year-old sculpture of human figure riding leopard found in TürkiyeAnadolu Agency · 2026 · field-reporting · retrieved 2026-10-22Sayburç relief published as earliest known narrative sceneTepe Telegrams, German Archaeological Institute · 2022 · excavator · retrieved 2026-10-22Şanlıurfa Archaeology Museum guideGo Türkiye / Türkiye Tourism Promotion and Development Agency · official-museum-guide · retrieved 2026-10-22Geometry and Architectural Planning at Göbekli Tepe, TurkeyGil Haklay and Avi Gopher, Cambridge Archaeological Journal · 2020 · peer-reviewed · retrieved 2026-10-2212 bin yıllık hafıza yeniden ayağa kalktıT.C. Ministry of Culture and Tourism press office · 2025 · official-press-release · retrieved 2026-10-22Tarihin Sıfır Noktasında İlk Boyalı Heykel BulunduT.C. Ministry of Culture and Tourism press office · 2023 · official-press-release · retrieved 2026-10-22Şanlıurfa Müzesi Arkeolojik Eser KataloğuNecmi Karul, Nihat Kozbe and Derya Yavuzkır; Şanlıurfa Metropolitan Municipality / ŞURKAV · 2021 · museum-catalogue · retrieved 2026-10-22The passage of matter: Transformations of objects and ritual meanings in the Neolithic of the Near EastMarc Verhoeven, in Ritual Failure: Archaeological Perspectives, Sidestone Press · 2013 · scholarly-book-chapter · retrieved 2026-10-22A Queer Feminist Perspective on the Early Neolithic Urfa Region: The Ecstatic Agency of the PhallusEmre Deniz Yurttaş, Cambridge Archaeological Journal · 2025 · peer-reviewed · retrieved 2026-10-22Bakan Ersoy Yeni Keşifleri TanıttıŞanlıurfa Governorship · 2025 · official-press-release · retrieved 2026-10-22Sefertepe'deki sanatsal farklılık, yaklaşık 10 bin yıllık insan yüzü kabartmalarıyla ortaya çıktıAnadolu Agency · 2025 · field-reporting · retrieved 2026-10-22A rather odd figure: The so-called Kilisik Sculpture from Adıyaman, TurkeyJens Notroff, Tepe Telegrams / German Archaeological Institute · 2019 · excavator-institute-blog · retrieved 2026-10-22A Male Figurine from Harbetsuvan TepesiBahattin Çelik and Celal Uludağ, Karadeniz International Scientific Journal 38, 19–25 · 2018 · peer-reviewed · retrieved 2026-10-22 03
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1 OBJECT RECORD · 1 SITE
Belts and fox-pelt loincloths are described on Göbekli Tepe’s paired central pillars, treated by excavators as stylised human figures.
Sites: Göbekli Tepe
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2 OBJECT RECORDS · 1 SITE
H-shaped signs are described on Pillar 43 and on a bench associated with the painted boar statue; the associated bench is distinguished from the statue itself.
Sites: Göbekli Tepe
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1 OBJECT RECORD · 1 SITE
A crescent sign is reported on the bench associated with Göbekli Tepe’s painted wild-boar statue; this tag refers to the bench carving.
Sites: Göbekli Tepe
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2 OBJECT RECORDS · 2 SITES
A figure on Pillar 43 is described as phallic; bedrock-attached forms in Karahan Tepe Structure AB are described as phallus-shaped. These describe form, not an agreed meaning.
Sites: Göbekli TepeKarahan Tepe