Martinsw1 Wrote:
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> ... the presence of the
> scorpion ...

It's been speculated that the image on Pillar 43 represents a human male suffering the fatal consequences of a scorpion sting, and a vulture removing the dead male's head - was possibly connected with a Neolithic death cult.

It emerges that scorpion venom can have a particular side-effect (besides a merely fatal one) - see 3.2 here. Buthidae are found in the Middle East, including the area of Gobekli Tepe.

Might this noted side-effect have had anything to do with the particular feature of the image on Pillar 43? Might this be more probable than the scorpion representing any part of the present day Scorpius, a constellation not noted until the Late Mesopotamian era - see ^mulGIR.TAB?