Monumentum
Head of Antiochus I of Commenage
This monumental head of Antionchus I of Commenage is in Nemrut Dağı together with other representations of the Greco-Iranian king.
Head of Antiochus I of Commenage in Nemrut Dagi.
Nemrut Dagi, Turkey.
Carole Raddato
The New Mithraeum
15 May 2007
Updated on Nov 2022
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Humann-Puchstein, Reisen, 295 and Pl. XXXI, I; MMM II 187 No. 2 and fig. 9; Goell in ILN 1955, 1094 ff gives a report about new excavations. Head of beardless Mithras in Phrygian cap, point of which is missing. Round the hem of the cap a diadem, omated with thunderbolts. Two hanging ribbons cover his ears.This head has been later identified to Antiochus I King of Commenage which can be found on Nemrut Dağı shaking hands with Apollo-Mithras-Helios or Herakles.