Enclosure E, often called the Rock Temple, is a bedrock-cut Göbekli Tepe structure whose clearest preserved evidence is a pair of rock pedestals for now-lost central pillars.
What to notice
The formal source describes a bedrock-cut structure now numbered Enclosure E, but the compact packet should avoid presenting a full plan until plan/figure recovery is completed. A structure referred to as the rock temple is numbered Enclosure E in the formal source. The structure is cut out of natural bedrock. It has two pedestals with oval tub-shaped holes. The pedestals were identified as bases for now-lost central pillars. The reconstructed function of the holes is supported by later comparison with Enclosures C and D, where central-pillar pairs were found in situ.
