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The Boar Cache Near Pillar 35

The Pillar 35 boar cache is a Building C context with a massive boar sculpture beside Pillar 35, perforated stone plates, a bowl, a fragmented plate, and dark charcoal-bearing discoloration near the pillar pedestal. Near Pillar 35 in Enclosure C, excavators recorded a striking arrangement: a large boar sculpture close to the pillar pedestal, stone plates, a bowl, and a dark patch with charcoal.

Site: Göbekli TepeStructure: Enclosure CType: Artifact Cache Context
A relief of a boar lying on its back, carved on a porthole stone at Göbekli Tepe. (Shows a boar relief, not the cache deposit itself.)

A relief of a boar lying on its back, carved on a porthole stone at Göbekli Tepe. (Shows a boar relief, not the cache deposit itself.)

German Archaeological Institute, Göbekli Tepe Project, Boar relief on a porthole stone, Göbekli Tepe, Copyright: DAI — used with permission, via Wikimedia Commons.

What's actually there

Dietrich 2023 describes the find as a Building C discovery next to Pillar 35. The boar sculpture is reported about 10-20 cm above Pillar 35's pedestal. The context includes a massive boar sculpture, separate from the 48.5 cm boar sculpture in front of Pillar 12.

What to notice

The Pillar 35 boar cache is a Building C context with a massive boar sculpture beside Pillar 35, perforated stone plates, a bowl, a fragmented plate, and dark charcoal-bearing discoloration near the pillar pedestal. Near Pillar 35 in Enclosure C, excavators recorded a striking arrangement: a large boar sculpture close to the pillar pedestal, stone plates, a bowl, and a dark patch with charcoal. This looks like one of the most vivid object contexts in Building C, but its function should stay cautious until a deeper deposit study is built. Dietrich 2023 describes the find as a Building C discovery next to Pillar 35. The boar sculpture is reported about 10-20 cm above Pillar 35's pedestal. The context includes a massive boar sculpture, separate from the 48.5 cm boar sculpture in front of Pillar 12. The context includes two perforated stone plates, a bowl, and another fragmented plate a little farther away. Evidence

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Last reviewed 21 July 2026. Something wrong?