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Enclosure C

Building C is one of Göbekli Tepe's major circular buildings. It is especially important for boar imagery, Pillar 12, Pillar 27, the Pillar 35 area, and the southern entrance with a porthole stone.

Site: Göbekli TepeStructure: Building C
Plan of Building C and its entrance.

German Archaeological Institute, Göbekli Tepe Project, Building C entrance plan, Göbekli Tepe, Copyright: DAI — used with permission, via .

Plan of Building C and its entrance. — Plan: N. Becker & J. Notroff / DAI

What's actually there

Building C gathers several strong but separate evidence groups: boar reliefs, boar sculptures, predator imagery, and an entrance setting with a U-shaped stone and porthole slab.

What to notice

Boar imagery is especially prominent in Building C. Pillar 12 has a boar relief, and a boar sculpture was found beside it during refilling. Pillar 27 shows a predator in high relief with a smaller boar in low relief. A separate boar sculpture with stone plates was reported near one central pillar. The southern entrance setting includes a U-shaped stone and a porthole slab with a boar relief. The exact meaning of the boar pattern remains open.

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Last reviewed 21 July 2026. Something wrong?