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The 'Urfa Man' (Tepe Telegrams, 14 October 2016)

Oliver Dietrich · 2016

AI-verified citationSRC-DIETRICH-2016B

url: https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-telegrams/2016/10/14/the-urfa-man/
verification note: text retrieved and shown to the drafter on 2026-09-19 (run 2026-09-19-draft-deep-memory-121715); passages checked by the verify verb
reliability notes: Blog of the Göbekli Tepe Research Project (German Archaeological Institute); author was a member of the excavation team. Not peer-reviewed.
Cites Hauptmann 2003 and Çelik 2011 as the underlying publications; neither was retrieved.

Evidence drawn from this source

Supports· moderateDEEP-E081

what the source states: The statue's hands are positioned at the genitals: "Both hands seem to grab his penis".
what we infer: The ledger claim says 'hands over the genitals'; the excavators' word is 'grab'. Position is confirmed; the gesture is grasping rather than resting, which sharpens the founder page's own distinction between a hand at the groin and a hand on the abdomen.
limitations: 'Seem to' is the source's hedge.