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Structure BD

Structure BD is reported as a large rectangular Western Terrace building with continuous benches, twelve T-shaped pillars, four collapsed central pillars, sculpture associations, and nearby everyday-work evidence.

Site: Karahan TepeStructure: Structure BDKnown For: The Western Terrace Building
Sculpture recovered from Karahan Tepe.

Campels, Karahan Tepe - statues, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Sculpture recovered from Karahan Tepe. — Wikimedia Commons

What's actually there

Stone Mounds reports BD as a monumental rectangular building with slightly rounded corners, benches, symmetrically placed T-shaped pillars, twelve total pillars, and four central pillars collapsed in antiquity. Formal sources describe a likely related 15.5 x 15.5 m upper west-slope public building with seated human and griffon vulture sculpture context, but the checked formal text does not explicitly print the BD label.

What to notice

Large Western Terrace building Twelve T-shaped pillars Sculpture links under review Monumental rectangular building Continuous benches Four collapsed central pillars Human sculpture associations Vulture sculpture and terrace context

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Last reviewed 21 July 2026. Something wrong?