Göbekli Tepe Object Profile

The Predator Slab Near Pillar 36

This slab is a strong Enclosure C research lead because it places predator imagery beside the movement route into the building.

The Predator Slab Near Pillar 36 visual reference
Visual reference for orientation. Use source images only when rights are clear.

Quick Facts

Site
Göbekli Tepe
Structure
Enclosure C
Type
possible porthole-stone fragment / spatial feature

What We Know

The Pillar 36 porthole-predator lead is a predator high relief found atop the wall east of Pillar 36 in Enclosure C, discussed as a possible limestone-slab fragment from a porthole stone rather than as a predator carved on Pillar 36.

Main Details

  • The Pillar 36 porthole-predator lead is a predator high relief found atop the wall east of Pillar 36 in Enclosure C, discussed as a possible limestone-slab fragment from a porthole stone rather than as a predator carved on Pillar 36.
  • This object fixes an easy accuracy trap. The source does not say a predator was carved on Pillar 36. It says a predator was found on top of the wall east of Pillar 36, and Schmidt discusses it among high-relief limestone slabs that may originally have belonged to porthole stones.
  • Schmidt 2010 refers to a predator found atop the wall east of Pillar 36 in Enclosure C.
  • The passage discusses several high reliefs on limestone slabs of unknown size and shape.
  • Schmidt says these slabs now seem to have originally been parts of porthole stones, giving the Pillar 36 predator a possible porthole-stone origin.
  • The same passage says interpretation of the porthole-stone shape, entrances, and decoration was not yet possible and that it was unclear whether the porthole stone lay in debris or belonged to an architectural context.
  • Pillar 36 is a spatial locator. This is not currently evidence for a predator carved on Pillar 36.
  • Schmidt explicitly distinguishes slab high reliefs from the predator sitting on the stomach/front of Pillar 27; these must remain separate objects.
  • A predator was found atop the wall east of Pillar 36 in Enclosure C.
  • The predator is discussed among high reliefs on limestone slabs.
  • The slab size and shape were unknown in the cited discussion.
  • The find is spatially associated with the wall east of Pillar 36 rather than with Pillar 36's own carved surface.

Public Reading Path

  • The Pillar 36 porthole-predator lead is a predator high relief found atop the wall east of Pillar 36 in Enclosure C, discussed as a possible limestone-slab fragment from a porthole stone rather than as a predator carved on Pillar 36.
  • This object fixes an easy accuracy trap. The source does not say a predator was carved on Pillar 36. It says a predator was found on top of the wall east of Pillar 36, and Schmidt discusses it among high-relief limestone slabs that may originally have belonged to porthole stones.
  • Schmidt 2010 refers to a predator found atop the wall east of Pillar 36 in Enclosure C.
  • The passage discusses several high reliefs on limestone slabs of unknown size and shape.
  • Schmidt says these slabs now seem to have originally been parts of porthole stones, giving the Pillar 36 predator a possible porthole-stone origin.
  • The same passage says interpretation of the porthole-stone shape, entrances, and decoration was not yet possible and that it was unclear whether the porthole stone lay in debris or belonged to an architectural context.

Physical Evidence

  • Schmidt 2010 refers to a predator found atop the wall east of Pillar 36 in Enclosure C.
  • The passage discusses several high reliefs on limestone slabs of unknown size and shape.
  • Schmidt says these slabs now seem to have originally been parts of porthole stones, giving the Pillar 36 predator a possible porthole-stone origin.
  • The same passage says interpretation of the porthole-stone shape, entrances, and decoration was not yet possible and that it was unclear whether the porthole stone lay in debris or belonged to an architectural context.
  • Pillar 36 is a spatial locator. This is not currently evidence for a predator carved on Pillar 36.
  • Schmidt explicitly distinguishes slab high reliefs from the predator sitting on the stomach/front of Pillar 27; these must remain separate objects.
  • A predator was found atop the wall east of Pillar 36 in Enclosure C.
  • The predator is discussed among high reliefs on limestone slabs.
  • The slab size and shape were unknown in the cited discussion.
  • The find is spatially associated with the wall east of Pillar 36 rather than with Pillar 36's own carved surface.

Motifs And Feature Groups

  • The predator is discussed among high reliefs on limestone slabs.
  • The find is spatially associated with the wall east of Pillar 36 rather than with Pillar 36's own carved surface.
  • The passage compares the broader category to porthole stones and porthole-stone fragments.

What To Be Careful About

  • Use reported wording where exact locus, phase, function, species, image rights, or restoration details remain open.
  • Keep object description, placement, motif identification, and interpretation separate unless the source explicitly joins them.
  • Pillar 27 predator/leopard high relief
  • Dromos porthole slab with boar relief
  • Pillar 12 boar relief and sculpture
  • Pillar 35 boar cache
  • Pillar 36 as a fully decorated pillar record
  • predator carved on Pillar 36
  • certain porthole-stone origin
  • settled architectural placement

Source Trail

  • GT-ENC-C-SRC-002
  • GT-ENC-C-PILLAR-INVENTORY-001
  • GT-ENC-C-SRC-008

Open Questions

  • Run an Enclosure C completion audit/public object map now that Pillar 27, Pillar 12, Pillar 35, Pillar 37, the central-pillar destruction packet, the dromos porthole slab, ring-wall phasing, and the Pillar 36 spatial lead exist.
  • Not Pillar 36 decoration: Do not describe the predator as carved on Pillar 36; the source places it atop the wall east of Pillar 36.
  • Porthole-stone origin not certain: Present porthole-stone origin as possible/source-interpreted, not as established fact.
  • Architectural context uncertain: The source says interpretation of porthole-stone shape, entrances, decoration, and architectural context was not yet possible.
  • Keep separate from Pillar 27: Pillar 27 is the contrast case for high relief on a pillar, not the same object or motif record.
  • Figure recovery needed: Schmidt 2006 Figs. 63-64 No. A35 should be recovered before image display or stronger object morphology claims.
  • Which exact source image or excavation figure should be used when public image rights are cleared?

Evidence Review

  • source refs
  • lineage
  • Schmidt 2006 figure recovery
  • porthole-stone fragment comparison
  • wall east of Pillar 36 plan check
  • relationship to dromos porthole slab and Pillar 27 contrast
  • Not Pillar 36 decoration: Do not describe the predator as carved on Pillar 36; the source places it atop the wall east of Pillar 36.
  • Porthole-stone origin not certain: Present porthole-stone origin as possible/source-interpreted, not as established fact.

Object Evidence

What Is Secure

  • The Pillar 36 porthole-predator lead is a predator high relief found atop the wall east of Pillar 36 in Enclosure C, discussed as a possible limestone-slab fragment from a porthole stone rather than as a predator carved on Pillar 36.
  • This slab is a strong Enclosure C research lead because it places predator imagery beside the movement route into the building.
  • This object fixes an easy accuracy trap. The source does not say a predator was carved on Pillar 36. It says a predator was found on top of the wall east of Pillar 36, and Schmidt discusses it among high-relief limestone slabs that may originally have belonged to porthole stones.
  • Schmidt 2010 refers to a predator found atop the wall east of Pillar 36 in Enclosure C.

Source Trail

  • GT-ENC-C-SRC-002
  • GT-ENC-C-PILLAR-INVENTORY-001
  • GT-ENC-C-SRC-008
  • Site evidence notes

Boundaries

  • Use reported wording where exact locus, phase, function, species, image rights, or restoration details remain open.
  • Keep object description, placement, motif identification, and interpretation separate unless the source explicitly joins them.
  • Pillar 27 predator/leopard high relief
  • Dromos porthole slab with boar relief

Next Evidence Needed

  • Run an Enclosure C completion audit/public object map now that Pillar 27, Pillar 12, Pillar 35, Pillar 37, the central-pillar destruction packet, the dromos porthole slab, ring-wall phasing, and the Pillar 36 spatial lead exist.
  • Not Pillar 36 decoration: Do not describe the predator as carved on Pillar 36; the source places it atop the wall east of Pillar 36.
  • Porthole-stone origin not certain: Present porthole-stone origin as possible/source-interpreted, not as established fact.
  • Architectural context uncertain: The source says interpretation of porthole-stone shape, entrances, decoration, and architectural context was not yet possible.

Open the parent structure

Sources

  • GT-ENC-C-SRC-002
  • GT-ENC-C-PILLAR-INVENTORY-001
  • GT-ENC-C-SRC-008

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