Karahan Tepe Object Profile

The Running Wild Donkey Slab

This Structure AO slab is a strong Karahan Tepe object lead because it preserves a running wild donkey or equid figure in a domestic-special context.

The Running Wild Donkey Slab visual reference
Visual reference for orientation. Use source images only when rights are clear.

Quick Facts

Site
Karahan Tepe
Structure
Structure AO
Type
animal depiction / floor slab

What We Know

A small stone slab with a running wild donkey figure, about 20 cm long, is reported from the AO floor context at Karahan Tepe.

Main Details

  • running wild donkey figure
  • about 20 cm long
  • stone slab / carved object
  • embedded within or associated with a floor
  • connected in current source layer with Structure AO, a small domestic unit around Structure AD
  • Context: Karahan Tepe; Structure AO; stone-paved floor

Parent Context

  • Karahan Tepe
  • Structure AO
  • The Running Wild Donkey Slab
  • The Running Wild Donkey Slab belongs to Structure AO at Karahan Tepe.

Public Reading Path

  • This Structure AO slab is a strong Karahan Tepe object lead because it preserves a running wild donkey or equid figure in a domestic-special context.
  • A small stone slab with a running wild donkey figure, about 20 cm long, is reported from the AO floor context at Karahan Tepe.
  • The Running Wild Donkey Slab should be read as reported evidence first, then compared with the parent structure page.

Physical Evidence

  • running wild donkey figure
  • about 20 cm long
  • stone slab / carved object
  • embedded within or associated with a floor
  • connected in current source layer with Structure AO, a small domestic unit around Structure AD
  • Context: Karahan Tepe; Structure AO; stone-paved floor

Motifs And Feature Groups

  • animal depiction / floor slab

What To Be Careful About

  • Use reported wording where exact locus, phase, function, or 2025 metadata remain open.
  • Do not assign ritual, identity, contents, liquid type, exchange, or status meanings without source support.

Source Trail

  • SRC-KHT-AO-STONEMOUNDS-2025
  • SRC-KHT-AO-LOCATOR-2025
  • SRC-KHT-AO-EVIDENCE-SPLIT
  • SRC-KHT-AO-STRUCTURE-NOTE

Evidence Review

  • Detailed evidence notes remain available for deeper review.

Object Evidence

What Is Secure

  • A small stone slab with a running wild donkey figure, about 20 cm long, is reported from the AO floor context at Karahan Tepe.
  • This Structure AO slab is a strong Karahan Tepe object lead because it preserves a running wild donkey or equid figure in a domestic-special context.
  • running wild donkey figure
  • about 20 cm long

Source Trail

  • SRC-KHT-AO-STONEMOUNDS-2025
  • SRC-KHT-AO-LOCATOR-2025
  • SRC-KHT-AO-EVIDENCE-SPLIT
  • SRC-KHT-AO-STRUCTURE-NOTE
  • Site evidence notes

Boundaries

  • Use reported wording where exact locus, phase, function, or 2025 metadata remain open.
  • Do not assign ritual, identity, contents, liquid type, exchange, or status meanings without source support.
  • Object description, parent context, and interpretation are kept separate.
  • Image use stays limited to rights-safe diagrams or cleared source images.

Next Evidence Needed

  • Detailed evidence notes remain available for deeper review.
  • Future updates should add catalogue numbers, exact loci, image rights, and direct evidence locators when publicly supportable.

Open the parent structure

Sources

  • SRC-KHT-AO-STONEMOUNDS-2025
  • SRC-KHT-AO-LOCATOR-2025
  • SRC-KHT-AO-EVIDENCE-SPLIT
  • SRC-KHT-AO-STRUCTURE-NOTE

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