Detail of the carved bull figure from the Sayburc relief panel, showing a powerful aurochs in profile. The naturalistic rendering of the animal demonstrate
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Detail of the carved bull figure from the Sayburc relief panel, showing a powerful aurochs in profile. The naturalistic rendering of the animal demonstrates a high degree of artistic skill and bears similarities to animal depictions at Gobekli Tepe and the painted bulls at Catalhoyuk, suggesting continuity in Neolithic symbolic traditions.
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