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Pillar 37

Pillar 37 is the destroyed western central pillar of Enclosure C, known from a 2009 excavation figure caption that pairs it with Pillar 27 and notes relief bands along the front sides of both pillars. Pillar 37 is the named western central pillar of Building C.

Site: Göbekli TepeStructure: Enclosure CType: Central Pillar Object
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

A 2025 figure caption identifies Pillar 37 as Building C's western central pillar. The same caption says Pillar 37 was destroyed in prehistory; the broader Enclosure C central-pillar sources describe the central pillars as destroyed in ancient times / antiquity. The caption states that Pillars 37 and 27 both have relief bands along their entire front sides.

What to notice

Pillar 37 is the destroyed western central pillar of Enclosure C, known from a 2009 excavation figure caption that pairs it with Pillar 27 and notes relief bands along the front sides of both pillars. Pillar 37 is the named western central pillar of Building C. It was destroyed in prehistory, and it belongs to the same central-pillar destruction story as the smashed fragments and virtual reconstruction packet. The safest public version is about its position and destroyed state, not a fully reconstructed motif program. A 2025 figure caption identifies Pillar 37 as Building C's western central pillar. The same caption says Pillar 37 was destroyed in prehistory; the broader Enclosure C central-pillar sources describe the central pillars as destroyed in ancient times / antiquity. The caption states that Pillars 37 and 27 both have relief bands along their entire front sides. The caption pairs Pillars 37 and 27 in Building C during excavations in 2009, giving Pillar 37 a direct locator relationship with a better-known Enclosure C pillar. Evidence

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Last reviewed 21 July 2026. Something wrong?