{"id":4827,"date":"2017-05-17T09:00:52","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T07:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tepetelegrams.wordpress.com\/?p=4827"},"modified":"2023-02-06T10:25:57","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T09:25:57","slug":"a-separated-head-between-animals-on-a-stone-slab-from-goebekli-tepe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/the-tepe-telegrams\/2017\/05\/17\/a-separated-head-between-animals-on-a-stone-slab-from-goebekli-tepe\/","title":{"rendered":"A separated head between animals on a stone slab from G\u00f6bekli Tepe"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2009, the last meter of filling was removed from Enclosure D, the best preserved building of G\u00f6bekli Tepe’s older Layer III<\/a>. We already knew that during the refilling of the enclosures special objects, like heads of anthropomorphic sculptures<\/a>, were deliberately deposited next to the pillars. Thus, special attention was payed when work progressed in these areas.<\/p>\n

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Fragment of a relief showing a separated human head among animals. Found next to one of the central pillars of Enclosure D (Photos: N. Becker, Copyright DAI).<\/p><\/div>\n

Immediately to the north of Pillar 18, one of the central pillars of the enclosure, soon a very large stone slab appeared. Its lower side showed several reliefs. When the slab was finally turned around after documentation of the find situation, a very detailed scenery became visible.<\/p>\n

\"Head\"

Stone slab from Enclosure D, the depiction of a human head is marked in red (copyright DAI, photo N. Becker).<\/p><\/div>\n

The slab is fragmentary. The preserved imagery is dominated by a large predator, which can tentatively be identified as a hyena. Behind it, a vulture with a very pronounced beak spreads its wings. Above the vulture, the legs of a third animal are visible, while legs and body of a fourth animal are depicted above the hyena. Right at the breaking edge of the slab one further image can be spotted: an apparently separated human head. Whether the head was part of a narrative scene with the animal depictions, remains unclear. In any case, from G\u00f6bekli Tepe – and other PPN sites – a number of images showing human heads in the claws of birds or quadrupeds are known. A similar depiction thus wouldn’t be a surprise.<\/p>\n

Further reading<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00c7i\u011fdem K\u00f6ksal-Schmidt, Klaus Schmidt, Yeni buluntular ve bulgularla. G\u00f6bekli Tepe. Neue Funde und Befunde, Arkeoloji ve Sanat \u2013 Journal of Archaeology and Art 137, 2011, 53-60.<\/p>\n

Nico Becker, Oliver Dietrich, Thomas G\u00f6tzelt, Cigdem K\u00f6ksal-Schmidt, Jens Notroff, Klaus Schmidt, Materialien zur Deutung der zentralen Pfeilerpaare des G\u00f6bekli Tepe und weiterer Orte des obermesopotamischen Fr\u00fchneolithikums, ZORA 5, 2012, 14-43.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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