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The Fox and Arm-Bend Pillar: Building F Pillar 70

Pillar 70 is the northern central pillar of Building F. It is damaged, with its T-head lost, but parts of the shaft were reconstructed from fragments.

Site: Göbekli TepeStructure: Building FType: Pillar Relief Cluster
Göbekli Tepe — the enclosures under their shelter. (Site view; not a photograph of this find.)

Rolf Cosar, Göbekli Tepe - 100525, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Göbekli Tepe — the enclosures under their shelter. (Site view; not a photograph of this find.) — Wikimedia Commons

What's actually there

Pillar 70 is northern central pillar relief bands, arms, hands, and fox are present fox head is not preserved flat stone slab and pedestal stand in front northern central T-pillar of Building F severely damaged T-head lost shaft partly reconstructed from fragments stands in lime plaster floor relief bands on shaft Details

What to notice

Pillar 70 is the northern central pillar of Building F. It is damaged, with its T-head lost, but parts of the shaft were reconstructed from fragments. The pillar stands in the lime plaster floor and preserves relief bands, arms, hands, and a fox in the bend of the left arm. A flat stone slab on a pedestal stood in front of it. Pillar 70 is the clearest public anchor for Building F. It is the northern central pillar, standing in the building's lime plaster floor, and although it is heavily damaged and its T-head is missing, its preserved reliefs are highly informative. The pillar carries arms along the broad sides, hands converging at the front, relief bands, and a fox whose head is no longer preserved in the bend of the left arm. In front of the pillar, excavators recorded a flat stone slab placed on a 45 cm high earth mortar pedestal. Public wording should make Pillar 70 the point where Building F becomes legible: a central pillar with body features, animal imagery, and a floor installation, while broader symbolic comparisons remain in source review. Pillar 70 is Building F's northern central pillar. It preserves arms, hands, relief bands, and a fox in the arm bend. A flat stone slab on a pedestal stood in front of it. The pillar is damaged and the fox head is no longer preserved. Evidence

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Last reviewed 21 July 2026. Something wrong?