{"id":4743,"date":"2017-04-03T10:00:57","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T08:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tepetelegrams.wordpress.com\/?p=4743"},"modified":"2023-02-06T10:26:25","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T09:26:25","slug":"two-foxes-and-a-bucranium-the-first-in-situ-porthole-stone-from-gobekli-tepe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/the-tepe-telegrams\/2017\/04\/03\/two-foxes-and-a-bucranium-the-first-in-situ-porthole-stone-from-gobekli-tepe\/","title":{"rendered":"Two foxes and a bucranium: the first in situ porthole stone from G\u00f6bekli Tepe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Deep sounding to the north of Enclosure B, the arrow marks the position of the porthole stone. (Photo: N. Becker, DAI).<\/p><\/div>\n

Starting from 2011, work at G\u00f6bekli Tepe has focused on the excavation of several deep soundings, meant to contain the struts holding a membrane shelter structure to ensure a durable protection of the site. The soundings, some more than five meters deep, have offered us unparalleled insights into the stratigraphy of the site. The evaluation of this evidence is going on at the moment and will lead to a site formation model soon. But, besides that, many of the soundings, although limited in horizontal extension, have also produced remarkable finds. Among them is the porthole stone presented here.<\/p>\n

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Schematic plan of Enclosure B with indicated position of the porthole stone in the northern wall. (Plan: K. Schmidt\u00a0&\u00a0J. Notroff, DAI)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Porthole stone found in situ in a wall in a deep sounding to the north of Enclosure B (Photo: N. Becker, DAI).<\/p><\/div>\n

It was discovered in 2011 in a deep sounding excavated to the north of Enclosure B<\/a>. Apart from revealing a so far unknown part of this enclosure and two more of its pillars, immediately on the bedrock several walls outside of the enclosure were discovered. In one of them, a decorated porthole stone stood in situ. The subrectangular hole in the middle of the stone is flanked by two antithetic foxes, apparently portrayed in the moment of jumping (at each other, at the entrance, the visitor?). Above the hole, a bucranium was placed. Unfortunately, the sounding could not be enlarged to explore the room enclosed by the wall. It thus remains unclear, whether the porthole stone really marks the entrance to the building, or the animals were \u2018guarding\u2019 a niche with important contents within a room.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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