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The Stone Object with 13 Circles

This worked stone object is a useful Sefertepe small-find lead because its thirteen circular marks make it visually memorable while its exact context. Materials: limestone containing tuff.

Site: SefertepeType: worked stone object
T-shaped pillars in situ at Sefertepe. (Site view; not a photograph of the worked stone with 13 circles.)

T-shaped pillars in situ at Sefertepe. (Site view; not a photograph of the worked stone with 13 circles.)

Frantisek Trampota, Sefer Tepe T-stelae, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

What's actually there

Category: worked stone object Materials: limestone containing tuff Forms: 13 carved/embossed circles on each face; different arrangements; linear lines between circles Count: 1 object as described Context status: exact findspot not captured Open: Find photo/figure and exact context.

What to notice

This worked stone object is a useful Sefertepe small-find lead because its thirteen circular marks make it visually memorable while its exact context. Materials: limestone containing tuff. Forms: 13 carved/embossed circles on each face; different arrangements; linear lines between circles.

What's carved on it

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Last reviewed 7 October 2026. Something wrong?