Taş Tepeler / Karahan Tepe / The Twelve T-Pillars of Structure BD
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The twelve T-pillars make Structure BD one of Karahan Tepe's most important large-building leads. Twelve T-shaped pillars are reported in BD, including four monumental central pillars said to have collapsed in antiquity.
tobeytravels, Enclosure with T Shaped Pillars, Karahantepe (Karahan Tepe), Turkey (2), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
A Karahan Tepe building lined with T-shaped pillars. — Wikimedia Commons
Twelve T-shaped pillars are reported in BD, including four monumental central pillars said to have collapsed in antiquity. Context: Karahan Tepe; Structure BD Confidence: medium-high for reported pillar group; low for collapse cause/sequence Status: public-safe with caveat LOCATED IN: KHT-BD-STRUCTURE-001 IS A: T-shaped pillar group COMPARES WITH: KHT-BH-FEAT-005 Details
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