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The Predator Slab Near Pillar 36

The Pillar 36 porthole-predator lead is a predator high relief found atop the wall east of Pillar 36 in Enclosure C, discussed as a possible limestone-slab fragment from a porthole stone rather than as a predator carved on Pillar 36. This object fixes an easy accuracy trap.

Site: Göbekli TepeStructure: Enclosure C
The high-relief predator on Pillar 27, Enclosure C — the closest published parallel to the predator slab.

German Archaeological Institute, Göbekli Tepe Project, Predator and boar detail, Pillar 27, Göbekli Tepe, Copyright: DAI — used with permission, via .

The high-relief predator on Pillar 27, Enclosure C — the closest published parallel to the predator slab. — Photo: D. Johannes / DAI, Göbekli Tepe Project

What's actually there

Schmidt 2010 refers to a predator found atop the wall east of Pillar 36 in Enclosure C. The passage discusses several high reliefs on limestone slabs of unknown size and shape. Schmidt says these slabs now seem to have originally been parts of porthole stones, giving the Pillar 36 predator a possible porthole-stone origin.

What to notice

The Pillar 36 porthole-predator lead is a predator high relief found atop the wall east of Pillar 36 in Enclosure C, discussed as a possible limestone-slab fragment from a porthole stone rather than as a predator carved on Pillar 36. This object fixes an easy accuracy trap. The source does not say a predator was carved on Pillar 36. It says a predator was found on top of the wall east of Pillar 36, and Schmidt discusses it among high-relief limestone slabs that may originally have belonged to porthole stones. Schmidt 2010 refers to a predator found atop the wall east of Pillar 36 in Enclosure C. The passage discusses several high reliefs on limestone slabs of unknown size and shape. Schmidt says these slabs now seem to have originally been parts of porthole stones, giving the Pillar 36 predator a possible porthole-stone origin. The same passage says interpretation of the porthole-stone shape, entrances, and decoration was not yet possible and that it was unclear whether the porthole stone lay in debris or belonged to an architectural context. Evidence

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Last reviewed 21 July 2026. Something wrong?