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on either side of her body.9 The excavator, Klaus Schmidt, sees this as more likely a “readiness for coitus” than a rendition of a birthing scene.10 This figure is quite similar to the ones of later date which we discuss throughout this book.11 Another figure, dating to ca. 9000 BCE, was excavated in the central part of the town of 
anl
urfa (Urfa), near Göbekli Tepe; it is labeled a male figure in the anlurfa (Urfa) Museum (see figure 6).
Figure 6. Limestone statue ca. 1.9 meters high, found near the surrounding city wall in the central part of anlurfa (Urfa), in Southeastern Turkey, near the site of Göbekli Tepe. The figure pulls apart [her] genitals; pre-pottery Neolithic, ca. 9000 BCE. anlurfa (Urfa) Museum.
