GGöbekli Tepe Visit

OBJECT RECORD · REPORTED · CHECKED 2026-10-23

Second Karahan Tepe snake-relief pillar

Karahan Tepe

Motifs in cited sourcesSnake

Second Karahan Tepe snake-relief pillar

No object-specific openly licensed photograph found

Record

SiteKarahan Tepe
Location nowA second pillar opposite the large snake-relief example in the disturbed farmland east of the ruins; only its upper part was exposed.

What is carved

The survey reports a barely distinguishable snake relief on one side of the pillar. Only a triangular snake head was visible in the exposed upper part.

[1]

Interpretations

Scholarly debate

The snake identification is reported by Çelik, who describes the relief as barely distinguishable.

[1]

By Bahattin Çelik

Related pillars and finds

Continue through the record: Glossary · Chronology · Show Karahan Tepe on the map · Plan a visit

The Göbekli Tepe Visit Dispatch

One email a month. Only what changed.

Your address is stored on Cloudflare and used only for the Dispatch. Privacy