What's actually there
The object is catalogued as D44 in Dietrich et al. 2019. It is described as a miniature mask.
What to notice
D44 is a 4.5 cm miniature flint-cortex mask found in Area L9-87, Locus 116.1, next to the eastern central pillar of Building C. D44 is small, but important. It links Enclosure C to Göbekli Tepe's wider pattern of miniature masks and mask-like faces found in building fills near central pillars. It should support a careful masks-near-pillars story, while its exact ritual meaning stays open. D44 as a tiny flint-cortex mask found next to Building C's eastern central pillar relationship to broader masks-near-pillars story Evidence