Karahan Tepe Structure Profile
Structure AB
Structure AB is a bedrock-cut chamber at Karahan Tepe with a small descent opening, stairs, a carved human head, phallic pillars, a serpentine channel, and evidence for deliberate filling.
At a glance
- Site
- Karahan Tepe
- Structure
- Structure AB
- Known For
- The Descent Chamber
What you're looking at
Structure AB is about 7 x 6 m and about 3.5 m deep. Karul 2021 describes it as a bedrock-cut chamber beside Structure AD, with a south opening, stairs, a carved head, pillars, a channel, and staged filling.
Why it matters
- About 7 x 6 m
- About 3.5 m deep
- Bedrock-cut chamber beside Structure AD
- Descent opening and stairs
- Carved human head
- Phallic pillars
- Serpentine channel
- Bench and chamber features
What to notice first
- Descent opening and stairs
- Carved human head
- Phallic pillars
- Serpentine channel
- Bench and chamber features
- Fill and closure evidence
Research layer Karahan notes
- Use reported wording where exact loci, phase, 2025 details, or object metadata remain open.
- Do not turn architecture, channels, sculpture, or fill evidence into one settled ritual function.
- Keep AB powerful but cautious. Do not call it an initiation chamber, fertility chamber, or settled ritual route as fact.
- English blocks around 01:11:31-01:13:39
- Direct official URL/citation still needs attachment.
- karahan-structure-ab-evidence-interpretation-split.json
- structure-section-ready-for-profile-integration
- expandable-ready
- Canonical source object for Karul 2021
- Direct official Taş Tepeler / Karahantepe source card
- Clean transcript source object for Karul video blocks
- Move to BH formal-source search next, because BH has strong reported dimensions, vessel, platform, channel, burning, and broken pillars, but still needs formal plan and locus support.
- Detailed evidence notes remain available for deeper review.