Deciphering Metaphysics.
Gobekli Tepe Imagery was about Gilgamesh
Dr Ong Hean-Tatt September 2025
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There are animal and human motifs in the T-Pillars sites, like of Gobekli Tepe. There are much speculations about their meanings, but contradictions could have been resolved if there had been deeper references to the wider culture in Mesopotamia, especially of Sumerian and Hurrian cultures.

The previous article especially showed that the Sayburc relief at Sanliufa about 17 km southwest of Gobekli Tepe depicts a man between two leopards (Figure 1). This is well known "Master of Animals" motif, common in the 4000 BC and after in Mesopotamian cultures. This Sayburc relief is very similar to an 2400 BC Akkadian wall mural. The previous article pointed out that this "man between two beasts" especially refers to Flood hero Gilgamesh.

A number of Sumerian murals show Gilgameah with the bull and two lions. The identification of Gilgamesh in the Sayburc relief will facilitate interpretations of other motifs in the T-Pillars sites. In the Sayburc relief, the man in front of the bull would also be Gilgamesh. Enkidu, the male lover of Gilgamesh was also associated with the bull.

• On the below cylinder seal a naked Enkidu wearing a thong waist girdle (viewer's left) subdues a water buffalo while a half-human bison wearing a waist thong girdle masters a lion (viewer's right). (cf. p. 470. Heinrich Schaeffer & Walter Andrae. Die Kunst Des Alten Orients, Dritte, Neubearbeitete Auflage, 11 und 12 Tausend.. Berlin. Im Propylaen-Verlag. 1925) Pictures, Photos, Drawings, Images and Illustrations of Gilgamesh, Enkidu and Huwawa (Humbaba) of the Epic of Gilgamesh from various Ancient Near Eastern Art Forms. (Part Two) Walter Reinhold Warttig Mattfeld y de la Torre, M. A. Ed. (Revisions through 22 August 2009)

Enki, God of Creation and Fertility

In the Sayburc relief, Gilgamesh was the male figure in front of the bull. The two lions would also be associated with Gilgamesh. Who was the naked male holding his penis?

In Epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh and Enkidu were helped by Enki, god of creation and fertility. Enki, god of creation and fertility, was associated with the penis

• AI Overview. A Sumerian god spreads his seed. After Father Enki had lifted his eyes across the Euphrates, he stood up full of lust like a rampant bull, lifted his penis , ejaculated, and filled the Tigris with flowing water. He was like a wild cow mooing for its young in the wild grass, its scorpion-infested cow pen.

  Prehistory is dark, but in Sumer we have cuneiform clay tablets, the beginning of records, stories, ideas about semen, and thus about wet dreams. We find Enki, the creator God, lifting up his penis and ejaculating the Tigris river into the landscapes that give birth to civilization. The 'water' mixes with dirt, and the first humans are made out of clay. Semen here is understood as fertilizing water, but water isn't necessarily just a good thing. Not enough and one dies, too much and one dies, and water is associated with rot, urine, and foul smells. We know that wet things decay, whereas dry things stay clean.
  There is a story of Enki getting sick from eating leaves made from his "spilled waters." He gets pregnant with beings and almost dies because he doesn't have a hole, so he can't give birth. But the goddess, Innana, takes pity on poor Enki. She takes the babies from his belly and delivers them herself. She saves his life.

The Sayburc relief was the story of Gilgamesh, Enkidu and Enki! .

• AI Overview In the Epic of Gilgamesh, the god Enki (also known as Ea) played a crucial role as a benefactor of humankind. Though not directly a main character, Enki intervened to help the hero Gilgamesh and his friend Enkidu,. notably by providing the knowledge to build an ark to escape a flood sent by other gods. Enki was the Mesopotamian god of wisdom, magic, freshwater, creation, and fertility, often depicted as a wise and cunning figure who sought to protect humanity. [Comments. This was alike to the Egyptian god of fertility, Min. The God Min was also the Egyptian god Amun or Amen Ra].

"Holding the penis" would also be shown as hands above the navel. This is seen in various artefacts as illustrated in Figure 2. .

Once we realise this, we can decipher the other motifs in the T-Pillars sites!

The Divine Motifs

Figure 2 shows one of the central pillars at Gobekli Tepe, with the image of hands close at the navel. This image is similar to that of the Urfa Man at Sanliufa and also Karahan Tepe.

These hands at the navel could also be hands at the penis (Figure 3). This was, of course, what is seen in the Sayburc relief. It was the image of the god Enki holding his penis! It is natural that the Gobekli Tepe motifs include the "H" which was rightly taken as the symbol of the "Divine" "supreme god".

Wherever this "H" symbol is seen, it indicates the object was related to something divine. This "H" symbol was seen in Pillar 33 and 43 (Figure 4). Pillar 33 is interesting as it shows this "H" was associated with a river of fishes. This is a similar image of the 2300 BC Akkadian seal of Enki (Figure 5).

There is no doubt that the images of Gobvekli Tepe's Pillars 43 and 33 were depicting a similar scene as the 2300 BC Akkadian seal of Enki god of creation and fertility.

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