In Structure AZ, a pillar carries a human face — one more point where Karahan blurs the line between architecture and body. Across the site, uprights are not only supports: again and again, a stone is made to look like, or become, a figure.
A human-faced pillar is reported from Structure AZ at Karahan Tepe. Its precise loci and object details sit among the newer structure leads, which should stay compact until plans and object numbers are clearer.
The human-faced pillar belongs to Karahan's deepest habit: turning stone into body. The T-pillars stand like figures; a head watches from a wall; a pillar wears a face. The site keeps asking a person to read the upright as a presence, not a prop.
We keep the AZ details deliberately modest — flagged as a lead, not a finished claim.
- A human-faced pillar reported from Structure AZ.
- Part of Karahan's recurring 'stone as body' pattern.
- Held as a newer structure lead pending fuller publication.