{"id":2806,"date":"2016-10-14T22:47:59","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T20:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tepetelegrams.wordpress.com\/?p=2806"},"modified":"2023-02-06T10:28:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T09:28:34","slug":"the-urfa-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/the-tepe-telegrams\/2016\/10\/14\/the-urfa-man\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#8216;Urfa Man&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2806 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/the-tepe-telegrams\/2016\/10\/14\/the-urfa-man\/urstat0102\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"648\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/the-tepe-telegrams\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/10\/urstat0102-648x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2853\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2853'>\n\t\t\t\tThe &#8216;Urfa Man&#8217; in the garden of the old Urfa Museum (Copyright DAI, Photo I. Wagner).\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/the-tepe-telegrams\/2016\/10\/14\/the-urfa-man\/urstat0108\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"502\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/the-tepe-telegrams\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/10\/urstat0108-502x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2854\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2854'>\n\t\t\t\tThe &#8216;Urfa Man&#8217; in the garden of the old Urfa Museum (Copyright DAI, Photo I. Wagner).\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/the-tepe-telegrams\/2016\/10\/14\/the-urfa-man\/urstat0109\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/the-tepe-telegrams\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/10\/urstat0109-800x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2855\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2855'>\n\t\t\t\tThe &#8216;Urfa Man&#8217; in the garden of the old Urfa Museum (Copyright DAI, Photo I. Wagner).\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/the-tepe-telegrams\/2016\/10\/14\/the-urfa-man\/urstat0111\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/the-tepe-telegrams\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/10\/urstat0111-800x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2856\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2856'>\n\t\t\t\tThe &#8216;Urfa Man&#8217; in the garden of the old Urfa Museum (Copyright DAI, Photo I. Wagner).\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/the-tepe-telegrams\/2016\/10\/14\/the-urfa-man\/urstat0119\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/the-tepe-telegrams\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/10\/urstat0119-800x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2857\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2857'>\n\t\t\t\tThe &#8216;Urfa Man&#8217; in the garden of the old Urfa Museum (Copyright DAI, Photo I. Wagner).\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">This short post is about the\u00a0&#8216;Urfa Man&#8217;. Let&#8217;s start with an answer to a very common question: no, he is not from G\u00f6bekli Tepe. He was found during construction work in the area of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic site at Urfa-Yeni Mahalle \/ Yeni Yol (Bucak &amp; Schmidt 2003; \u00c7elik 2011; Hauptmann 2003; Hauptmann &amp; Schmidt 2007), broken in four nearly equal pieces.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The settlement was largely destroyed, but photos showing the construction work seem to reveal an interesting detail about the site: it featured a small T-shaped pillar (\u00c7elik 2011, 142, Fig. 19), similar to those from G\u00f6bekli Tepe&#8217;s Layer II. \u00a0This speaks for a PPN B date, as does the archaeological material recovered (\u00c7elik 2011).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The \u2018Urfa man\u2019 himself gives witness to the ability of early Neolithic people to sculpt the human body naturalistically. It is the oldest known statue of a man, slightly larger than life-size. In contrast to the cubic and faceless T-shaped pillars, the \u2018Urfa man\u2019 has a face, eyes originally emphasized by segments of black obsidian sunk into deep holes, and ears ; a mouth, however, is not depicted. The statue seems to be naked with the exception of a V-shaped necklace. Legs are not depicted; below the body there is only a conical plug, which allows the statue to be set into the ground. Both hands seem to grab his penis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As no find context has been recorded for the sculpture, it is hard to evaluate its original function. But there are several fragments, especially heads, of similar sculptures from G\u00f6bekli Tepe. At this site, statues like the &#8216;Urfa Man&#8217; seem to have been part of a complex hierarchical system of imagery directly related to the functions of the circular enclosures. You can find a longer text about this <a href=\"\/\/dainst.blog\/the-tepe-telegrams\/2016\/05\/05\/losing-your-head-at-gobekli-tepe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The presence of a sculpture like the &#8216;Urfa Man&#8217; and of T-shaped pillars are strong evidence for the presence of a special building inside the settlement at Urfa-Yeni Yol. It may have been comparable to the PPN B &#8216;cult buildings&#8217; of Neval\u0131 \u00c7ori (Hauptmann 1993), but this will remain pure speculation.<\/p>\n<p><b>Bibliography<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Bucak, E. &amp; K. Schmidt, 2003. D\u00fcnyan\u0131n en eski heykeli. <em>Atlas <\/em>127, 36-40.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c7elik, B., 2011, \u015eanl\u0131urfa \u2013 Yeni Mahalle, in <em>The Neolithic in Turkey 2. The Euphrates Basin<\/em>, eds. M. \u00d6zdo\u011fan, N. Ba\u015fgelen &amp; P. Kuniholm. Istanbul: Arkeoloji ve Sanat Ya\u0131nlar\u0131, 139-164.<\/p>\n<p>Hauptmann, H., 1993. Ein Kultgeb\u00e4ude in Neval\u0131 \u00c7ori , in <em>Between the rivers and over the mountains. Archaeologica Anatolica et Mesopotamica Alba Palmieri dedicata<\/em>, eds. M. Frangipane, H. Hauptmann, M. Liverani, P. Matthias &amp; M. Mellink. Roma: Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche Archaeologiche e Anthropologiche dell\u2019Antichit\u00e0, Universit\u00e0 di Roma \u2018La Sapienza\u2019, 37-69.<\/p>\n<p>Hauptmann, H., 2003. Eine fr\u00fchneolithische Kultfigur aus Urfa, in <em>K\u00f6yden Kente. From village to cities. Studies presented to Ufuk Esin<\/em>, eds. M. \u00d6zdo\u011fan, H. Hauptmann &amp; N. Ba\u015fgelen. Istanbul: Arkeoloji ve Sanat Ya\u0131nlar\u0131, 623-36.<\/p>\n<p>Hauptmann, H. &amp; K. Schmidt, 2007. Anatolien vor 12 000 Jahren: die Skulpturen des Fr\u00fchneolithikums, in <em>Vor 12000 Jahren in Anatolien. Die \u00e4ltesten Monumente der Menschheit.<\/em> <em>Begleitband zur gro\u00dfen Landesaustellung Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg im Badischen Landesmuseum 2007<\/em>, ed. C. Lichter. Karlsruhe: Badisches Landesmuseum, 67-82.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; This short post is about the\u00a0&#8216;Urfa Man&#8217;. Let&#8217;s start with an answer to a very common question: no, he is not from G\u00f6bekli Tepe. 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