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The Porthole Slab at Enclosure C

The Enclosure C dromos porthole slab is a vertical limestone entrance slab south of Enclosure C, with a porthole and a flat wild-boar relief below it, while its original use and meaning remain uncertain. South of Enclosure C, at the entrance to a corridor-like dromos, a fragmented porthole slab carried a boar relief below the opening.

Site: Göbekli TepeStructure: Enclosure CType: Entrance Porthole Stone Object
The porthole stone at the entrance to Building C.

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

The porthole stone at the entrance to Building C. — Photo: D. Johannes / DAI, Göbekli Tepe Project

What's actually there

Schmidt 2010 describes the dromos as a structure south of Enclosure C that had not been completely excavated at the time. At the so-called lions gate entrance to the dromos, a second type of porthole stone without a collar around the hole was discovered. The limestone slab was placed vertically at the entrance.

What to notice

The Enclosure C dromos porthole slab is a vertical limestone entrance slab south of Enclosure C, with a porthole and a flat wild-boar relief below it, while its original use and meaning remain uncertain. South of Enclosure C, at the entrance to a corridor-like dromos, a fragmented porthole slab carried a boar relief below the opening. The boar is shown upside down or on its back. This is a powerful threshold object, but it should not be presented as a settled death passage or merged with the boars on Pillars 12, 27, or the Pillar 35 cache. Schmidt 2010 describes the dromos as a structure south of Enclosure C that had not been completely excavated at the time. At the so-called lions gate entrance to the dromos, a second type of porthole stone without a collar around the hole was discovered. The limestone slab was placed vertically at the entrance. The slab had a flat relief of a wild boar below the porthole. Evidence

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Last reviewed 21 July 2026. Something wrong?