CATALOGUE · CHECKED 2026-10-22

Pillars & finds

A record of named pillars, carved panels and finds from Taş Tepeler sites. Interpretations are attributed and labelled by their stated confidence; motif tags appear only where a cited source describes the depiction.

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Göbekli Tepe9 records

Catalogue mark	Record	Enclosure / location	Dating	Confidence	Kind	Motifs
§RECORD	Pillar 43 (Vulture Stone)	Enclosure D	PPNA, Layer III; Enclosure D belongs to the early monumental phase	established	pillar	Vulture Bird Snake Fox Scorpion Human figure Phallic form H-shaped symbol
§RECORD	Pillars 18 and 31	Enclosure D	PPNA, Layer III	established	pillar	Human figure Hands and arms Fox Belt or loincloth
§RECORD	Pillar 27	Enclosure C	PPNA, Layer III	established	pillar	Large feline Wild boar
§RECORD	Pillar 2	Enclosure A	PPNA, Layer III	established	pillar	Bull / aurochs Fox Bird
§RECORD	Pillar 33	Enclosure D	PPNA, Layer III	established	pillar
§RECORD	Snake relief pillars of Enclosure A	Enclosure A	PPNA, Layer III	established	pillar	Snake
§RECORD	Totem-like sculpture	Şanlıurfa Archaeology Museum	PPNB, Layer II (reported context)	established	statue	Human figure Human head or face Bird
§RECORD	Painted wild boar statue	Structure D (excavation context)	PPNB, c. 9th millennium BC (reported by excavators)	established	statue	Wild boar H-shaped symbol Crescent sign Snake Human head or face
§RECORD	Human statue set horizontally in a wall at Göbekli Tepe	Reported in a room wall between Structures B and D; found lying horizontally.	No calibrated date for the object is given in the discovery announcements.	reported	statue	Human figure

Karahan Tepe7 records

Catalogue mark	Record	Enclosure / location	Dating	Confidence	Kind	Motifs
§RECORD	Structure AB: carved head and bedrock pillars	Structure AB	PPNA, c. 10th millennium BC	established	relief	Human head or face Phallic form
§RECORD	Structure AD pillars	Structure AD	PPNA, c. 10th millennium BC	established	pillar
§RECORD	Human-faced T-shaped pillar	In situ at Karahan Tepe	PPNA, c. 10th millennium BC (reported)	reported	pillar	Human head or face Human figure
§RECORD	Human figure seated on a leopard	Reported from Karahan Tepe; current display/storage location not confirmed	PPNA, reported as about 11,000 years old	reported	statue	Human figure Large feline
§RECORD	Seated human statue with emphasized ribs and spine	Found fixed into a bench within a building at Karahan Tepe.	Neolithic; the public announcements give no calibrated date for this statue.	reported	statue	Human figure
§RECORD	Human figure carrying a leopard	Three-dimensional sculpture from Karahan Tepe; the museum catalogue and reporting identify the human figure as carrying a leopard on its back.	Pre-Pottery Neolithic; no object-specific calibrated date is supplied.	established	statue	Human figure Large feline
§RECORD	Nested stone vessel with fox, vulture and wild boar figures	Recovered in a nested vessel assemblage; context reported from excavations but awaiting full excavation publication.	Neolithic; an object-specific calibrated date has not been published.	reported	object	Fox Vulture Bird Wild boar

Sayburç2 records

Catalogue mark	Record	Enclosure / location	Dating	Confidence	Kind	Motifs
§RECORD	Sayburç relief panel	Communal building, wall bench	PPNA, 9th millennium BC	established	relief	Human figure Large feline Bull / aurochs
§RECORD	Small carved figure with a stitched-looking mouth	Reported from the 2025 excavation season; a detailed excavation context is not yet published.	Neolithic; a calibrated date for the object has not been published.	reported	statue	Human figure

Sefer Tepe2 records

Catalogue mark	Record	Enclosure / location	Dating	Confidence	Kind	Motifs
§RECORD	Paired human faces on a dressed stone block	Reported set at the front corners of a stone platform at Sefertepe.	Reported as Neolithic / PPNB; no calibrated date for the block has been published.	reported	relief	Human figure Human head or face
§RECORD	Double-faced carved stone bead	Reported among the 2025 finds at Sefertepe.	A 2025 report describes the find as PPNB and roughly 8,500 years old; the 2026 excavation abstract gives no object-specific calibrated date. The reported age is retained as published and is not converted to BCE.	reported	object	Human head or face

Harbetsuvan Tepesi1 records

Catalogue mark	Record	Enclosure / location	Dating	Confidence	Kind	Motifs
§RECORD	Seated male statue from Harbetsuvan Tepesi	Recovered during excavations at Harbetsuvan Tepesi; exact structure and context are not detailed in the cited public summary.	Site finds are attributed to PPNB; the statue itself has no published calibrated date in cited sources.	established	statue	Human figure

Yeni Mahalle / Balıklıgöl Höyüğü1 records

Catalogue mark	Record	Enclosure / location	Dating	Confidence	Kind	Motifs
§RECORD	Urfa Man / Balıklıgöl statue	Şanlıurfa Archaeology Museum	PPNA, c. 9300–8700 BCE (official museum guide)	established	statue	Human figure Hands and arms Human head or face

Nevalı Çori6 records

Catalogue mark	Record	Enclosure / location	Dating	Confidence	Kind	Motifs
§RECORD	T-shaped pillars of Nevalı Çori	Cult building / Temple II	PPNB, c. 8400–8100 BC	established	pillar	Human figure Hands and arms
§RECORD	Nevalı Çori sculptures and carved heads	Şanlıurfa Archaeology Museum	PPNB, c. 8400–8100 BC	established	object	Snake Human head or face
§RECORD	Human-headed bird figure from Building III	Cult Building III, east-side bench, latest phase	Middle PPNB, c. 8500–7950 cal BC, according to the cited study.	established	statue	Human figure Human head or face Bird
§RECORD	Human–bird composite sculpture from Building II	Cult Building II	Pre-Pottery Neolithic B; a more precise object-specific date is not stated.	established	statue	Human figure Bird
§RECORD	Oversized human head with snake-like feature	Cult Building III, niche in the east wall	Pre-Pottery Neolithic B; the exact carving date is not published.	established	statue	Human head or face Snake
§RECORD	Limestone vessel fragment with raised-arm figures	A limestone vessel fragment from Nevalı Çori; the specific excavated context is not established in the cited literature.	Pre-Pottery Neolithic B; no object-specific calibrated date is given.	established	object	Human figure

Hamzan Tepe1 records

Catalogue mark	Record	Enclosure / location	Dating	Confidence	Kind	Motifs
§RECORD	T-shaped pillar at Hamzan Tepe	Reported standing beside a low wall at Hamzan Tepe; the publication notes disturbance by looting.	Pre-Pottery Neolithic; no calibrated date is attached to this individual pillar.	established	pillar

Kilisik1 records

Catalogue mark	Record	Enclosure / location	Dating	Confidence	Kind	Motifs
§RECORD	Kilisik composite limestone sculpture	Found near the village of Kilisik in Adıyaman; the original archaeological context is uncertain.	Early Neolithic / PPNB in cited scholarship; no secure excavated context or calibrated date is available.	established	statue	Human figure