The Lion Pillars Building is a younger Layer II rectangular building at Göbekli Tepe, known mainly through its lion-pillar label and associated lion-relief and stone-slab evidence.
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The Lion Pillars Building is named in institutional Göbekli Tepe source material. It is associated with the younger Layer II. Layer II is characterized by smaller rectangular buildings, contrasting with the older monumental round/oval enclosures. The Enclosure H source refers to the Lion Pillars Building as a younger Layer II rectangular building in the main excavation area. A formal publication reports a naked female engraving on a stone slab between the so-called lions' pillars, while cautioning that it was likely not original decoration. The Lion Pillars Building is a younger Layer II rectangular building at Göbekli Tepe, known mainly through its lion-pillar label and associated lion-relief and stone-slab evidence.