Karahan Tepe Object Profile

The 2025 Basalt Human Sculpture

This 2025 basalt human sculpture is a major Karahan Tepe research lead. It should be presented clearly while exact context, object metadata, and publication details continue to mature.

The 2025 Basalt Human Sculpture visual reference
Visual reference for orientation. Use source images only when rights are clear.

Quick Facts

Site
Karahan Tepe
Structure
Structure BD
Type
human sculpture / material signal

What We Know

A basalt human sculpture is reported in the BD context; material significance, provenance, placement, and phase remain open questions.

Main Details

  • A basalt human sculpture is reported in the BD context; material significance, provenance, placement, and phase remain open questions.
  • Context: Karahan Tepe; Structure BD / Western Terrace; findspot under review
  • Confidence: low-medium for association; low for exact locus/phase/provenance
  • Status: review only until official metadata improves
  • ASSOCIATED WITH: KHT-BD-STRUCTURE-001
  • MATERIAL: basalt
  • NEEDS REVIEW: exact locus / phase / provenance / image rights

Parent Context

  • Karahan Tepe
  • Structure BD / Western Terrace
  • The 2025 Basalt Human Sculpture
  • The 2025 Basalt Human Sculpture belongs to Structure BD at Karahan Tepe.

Public Reading Path

  • This 2025 basalt human sculpture is a major Karahan Tepe research lead. It should be presented clearly while exact context, object metadata, and publication details continue to mature.
  • A basalt human sculpture is reported in the BD context; material significance, provenance, placement, and phase remain open questions.
  • The 2025 Basalt Human Sculpture should be read as reported evidence first, then compared with the parent structure page.

Physical Evidence

  • A basalt human sculpture is reported in the BD context; material significance, provenance, placement, and phase remain open questions.
  • Context: Karahan Tepe; Structure BD / Western Terrace; findspot under review
  • Confidence: low-medium for association; low for exact locus/phase/provenance
  • Status: review only until official metadata improves
  • ASSOCIATED WITH: KHT-BD-STRUCTURE-001
  • MATERIAL: basalt
  • NEEDS REVIEW: exact locus / phase / provenance / image rights

Motifs And Feature Groups

  • human sculpture / material signal

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-BD-SCULPTURE-SUBTABLE

Evidence Review

  • Detailed evidence notes remain available for deeper review.

Object Evidence

What Is Secure

  • A basalt human sculpture is reported in the BD context; material significance, provenance, placement, and phase remain open questions.
  • This 2025 basalt human sculpture is a major Karahan Tepe research lead. It should be presented clearly while exact context, object metadata, and publication details continue to mature.
  • Context: Karahan Tepe; Structure BD / Western Terrace; findspot under review
  • Confidence: low-medium for association; low for exact locus/phase/provenance

Source Trail

  • SRC-KHT-BD-SCULPTURE-SUBTABLE
  • 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.

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Sources

  • SRC-KHT-BD-SCULPTURE-SUBTABLE

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