OBJECT RECORD · ESTABLISHED · CHECKED 2026-10-22
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| Site | Harbetsuvan Tepesi |
|---|---|
| Location now | Recovered during excavations at Harbetsuvan Tepesi; exact structure and context are not detailed in the cited public summary. |
| Discovered | The site was recorded in the 2014 survey; the male figurine was recovered during the 2017 excavation. |
| Dating | Site finds are attributed to PPNB; the statue itself has no published calibrated date in cited sources. |
A seated human figure identified in the official project summary and scholarly literature as male. Its form is compared with statues from Göbekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe.
The official project page describes Harbetsuvan as a possible small-scale PPNBPre-Pottery Neolithic B, a regional archaeological period in which stone-built rectangular architecture and varied sculpture are well represented. The Upper Mesopotamian subdivisions and dates used here are approximate and do not apply uniformly across the Near East. cult centre and also notes the limited chronological record.
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