Karahan Tepe Structure Profile

Structure BH

Structure BH is reported as a well-preserved rectilinear building beside BD, with high walls, two-tier benches, broken T-shaped pillars, burning traces, and a north-wall vessel, platform, and channel.

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At a glance

Site
Karahan Tepe
Structure
Structure BH
Known For
The Vessel And Channel Building

What you're looking at

Stone Mounds reports BH as a 9 x 7 m building with walls up to 3.5 m high. Its vessel, platform, channel, benches, pillars, and heat traces are strong research leads, but checked formal extracts do not yet confirm the BH label, exact loci, object numbers, stratigraphy, or function.

Why it matters

  • 9 x 7 m building reported
  • Benches, pillars, vessel, and channel
  • Function still open
  • Rectilinear building beside BD
  • Two-tier benches
  • Four broken T-shaped pillars
  • Large north-wall stone vessel
  • Two-step platform and channel

What to notice first

  • Rectilinear building beside BD
  • Two-tier benches
  • Four broken T-shaped pillars
  • Large north-wall stone vessel
  • Two-step platform and channel
  • Burning traces and elevated room
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.
  • Use BH as a reported vessel-and-channel building. Do not claim what liquid moved there, why the pillars broke, or what caused the burning without formal support.
  • Section 'The BH Structure: The Best-Preserved Rectilinear Plan of the Late Phase'
  • BH section
  • Physical rows KHT-BH-PHYS-001 through KHT-BH-PHYS-007; interpretation rows KHT-BH-INT-001 through KHT-BH-INT-004
  • structure-section-ready-for-profile-integration
  • expandable-ready with caveats
  • Move to BF formal object-count and faunal-source pass next, because BF has the largest object-count risk: vessels, rings, figurines, animal bones, horns, burned skulls, hearths, and nearby domestic features.
  • Detailed evidence notes remain available for deeper review.
Evidence behind this evidence layer

Stable evidence

  • Structure BH is reported as a well-preserved rectilinear building beside BD, with high walls, two-tier benches, broken T-shaped pillars, burning traces, and a north-wall vessel, platform, and channel.
  • 9 x 7 m building reported
  • Benches, pillars, vessel, and channel
  • Function still open

Where it comes from

  • Section 'The BH Structure: The Best-Preserved Rectilinear Plan of the Late Phase'
  • BH section
  • Physical rows KHT-BH-PHYS-001 through KHT-BH-PHYS-007; interpretation rows KHT-BH-INT-001 through KHT-BH-INT-004

Limits

  • 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.
  • Use BH as a reported vessel-and-channel building. Do not claim what liquid moved there, why the pillars broke, or what caused the burning without formal support.
  • Physical observations, interpretation, and visitor shorthand are kept separate.

What could change

  • structure-section-ready-for-profile-integration
  • expandable-ready with caveats
  • Move to BF formal object-count and faunal-source pass next, because BF has the largest object-count risk: vessels, rings, figurines, animal bones, horns, burned skulls, hearths, and nearby domestic features.
  • Detailed evidence notes remain available for deeper review.

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