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Structure · Karahan Tepe
Structure AB is a bedrock-cut chamber at Karahan Tepe with a small descent opening, stairs, a carved human head, phallic pillars, a serpentine channel, and evidence for deliberate filling.
Structure AB at Karahan Tepe — the pillars shrine, with the porthole window through to Structure AD.
tobeytravels, Structure AB, Pillars Shrine with Porthole Window to AD and Carved Head, Karahantepe (Karahan Tepe), Turkey, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Structure AB is about 7 x 6 m and about 3.5 m deep. Karul 2021 describes it as a bedrock-cut chamber beside Structure AD, with a south opening, stairs, a carved head, pillars, a channel, and staged filling.
About 7 x 6 m About 3.5 m deep Bedrock-cut chamber beside Structure AD Descent opening and stairs Carved human head Phallic pillars Serpentine channel Bench and chamber features
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