# Pillar 43, the "Vulture Stone"

> Pillar 43, the "Vulture Stone"

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/gobekli-tepe/artifacts/ART0D9578E46JFB/pillar-43-the-vulture-stone  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page)  

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**ART** 0D9578E46JFB·Artifact · object

# Pillar 43, the "Vulture Stone"

PhotographCC BY-SA 2.0Enclosure D, mid-10th millennium BC

[Cite][Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/189eb46ba124fab5f4ee982aecbdb665a9f2c170724e591cc27755c645e14146)

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Sue Fleckney. CC BY-SA 2.0

## Copies 4

**Photo** Sue Fleckney · commons.wikimedia.org · 2013-08-20 · CC BY-SA 2.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vulture_Stone,_Gobekli_Tepe,_Sanliurfa,_South-east_Anatolia,_Turkey.jpg)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/189eb46ba124fab5f4ee982aecbdb665a9f2c170724e591cc27755c645e14146)

**Picture** Sue Fleckney · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 2.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vulture_Stone,_Gobekli_Tepe,_Sanliurfa,_South-east_Anatolia,_Turkey.jpg)

**Photo** Dosseman · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 4.01 step from the original

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**Picture** Dosseman · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 4.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Headless_man_with_erect_penis,_enclosure_D,_Gobekli_Tepe.jpg)

## Where it is kept

[Göbekli Tepe](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D956PKT64J4/gobekli-tepe) · Archaeological mound

## Sources 2

- [Establishing a Radiocarbon Sequence for Göbekli Tepe. State of Research and New Data](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D956G8P51Z5/establishing-a-radiocarbon-sequence-for-gobekli-tepe-state)_SRC_
- [Göbekli Tepe – the Stone Age Sanctuaries. New results of ongoing excavations with a special focus on sculptures and high reliefs](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D956FH8663D/gobekli-tepe-the-stone-age-sanctuaries-new-results-of)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Pillar 43, the "Vulture Stone" [Artifact ART0D9578E46JFB]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D9578E46JFB
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Key

**ART** 0D9578E46JFB

Kind

Object

Held by

In situ, Enclosure D, Göbekli Tepe (under the protective roof)

Dated

Enclosure D, mid-10th millennium BC

Licence

CC BY-SA 2.0

Place

[Göbekli Tepe](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D956PKT64J4/gobekli-tepe)

Part of

[Göbekli Tepe](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/gobekli-tepe)

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