Sefertepe Object Profile
The Boar Image on a Grinding Stone
This Sefertepe object links animal imagery with a grinding-stone context and should stay separate from broader boar symbolism.
Quick Facts
- Site
- Sefertepe
- Structure
- Small Finds And Symbolic Objects
- Type
- decorated grinding stone
What We Know
Materials: stone. Forms: incised juvenile wild boar on reverse side of heavily used grinding stone. Context: grinding-stone context; exact locus not captured.
Main Details
- Category: decorated grinding stone
- Materials: stone
- Forms: incised juvenile wild boar on reverse side of heavily used grinding stone
- Count: 1 highlighted object
- Context status: grinding-stone context; exact locus not captured
- Open: Confirm exact source image/caption, use-wear description, and whether incision pre/post-dates use.
Parent Context
- Sefertepe
- Small Finds And Symbolic Objects
- The Boar Image on a Grinding Stone
- The Boar Image on a Grinding Stone belongs to Small Finds And Symbolic Objects at Sefertepe.
Public Reading Path
- This Sefertepe object links animal imagery with a grinding-stone context and should stay separate from broader boar symbolism.
- Materials: stone. Forms: incised juvenile wild boar on reverse side of heavily used grinding stone. Context: grinding-stone context; exact locus not captured.
- The Boar Image on a Grinding Stone should be read as reported Sefertepe evidence first, with count layer, findspot, and interpretation kept separate.
- The Boar Image on a Grinding Stone should be read as reported evidence first, then compared with the parent structure page.
Physical Evidence
- Category: decorated grinding stone
- Materials: stone
- Forms: incised juvenile wild boar on reverse side of heavily used grinding stone
- Count: 1 highlighted object
- Context status: grinding-stone context; exact locus not captured
- Open: Confirm exact source image/caption, use-wear description, and whether incision pre/post-dates use.
Motifs And Feature Groups
- decorated grinding stone
- Sefertepe evidence group
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.
- Do not merge Sefertepe skull counts unless a source explicitly connects the count methods and deposits.
- Keep field-note leads separate from official or publication-backed claims.
Source Trail
- Stone Mounds 2025 Sefertepe season
Open Questions
- Which publication-level plan or catalogue separates this object from broader site interpretation?
Evidence Review
- Sefertepe structure, object, mortuary, source-locator, and image-verification matrices control the deeper review layer.
- Detailed evidence notes remain available for deeper review.
Sources
- Stone Mounds 2025 Sefertepe season