Behind Sayburç's narrative panel: a chamber ~18x25 ft with edge benches, corner shaping like columns, and massive stone slabs overhead. Water systems run beneath it. 🪨
Carved underground chamber found behind narrative panel at Sayburç
Key facts
- An underground chamber exists behind the main enclosure at Sayburç containing the famous narrative panel
- The chamber is carved out of bedrock and descends two to three levels below the surface
- Estimated dimensions are approximately 18 feet wide by 25 feet, with benches along the edges and corner shaping resembling columns
- Massive stone slabs cover portions of the ceiling, potentially resembling megalithic or T-pillar placement
- Water systems run beneath the chamber, and carved features show similarities to Keçili Tepe and the predicted Karahan Tepe chamber
Site mentioned
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Sources
(PDF) Sayburç a mid-9th millennium BC site in the foothills of the Eastern ...researchgate.net
A Pre-Pottery Neolithic site at Sayburç is currently being studied as part of the Şanlıurfa Neo-lithic Research Project – Taş Tepler ...
Sayburç - Taş Tepelertastepeler.org
It has a stone wall built directly on the bedrock. The floor is carved out of the bedrock. As in other special buildings in the region, there is a bench along ...
Sayburc Archaeological Site Guide | Go Türkiyegoturkiye.com
One of the partially excavated structures has a circular plan, probably 15 m in diameter, with a base carved into the bedrock. This is a gathering place used ...
The Sayburç reliefs: a narrative scene from the Neolithiccambridge.org
by E Özdoğan · 2022 · Cited by 39 — Excavation of the site began in 2021, which revealed two separate Pre-Pottery Neolithic occupations. The first, which comprises communal ...
Neolithic carvings discovered in Turkey may represent the ...the-past.com
... Sayburç reliefs are unique in that they are presented across two horizontally adjacent panels, and so appear to tell the progression of a story.
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