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Monumentum

Mithraic reliefs from Arsameia

Commagenean sanctuary preserving relief fragments of Mithras greeting royal figures at the hierothesion of Mithridates Kallinikos.

The New Mithraeum

27 May 2026

F. K. Doerner and Theresa Goell in ILN 1955, 23ff published a first account of their very interesting excavations on the mountain top of Eski Kahta or Arsameia, the site of the tomb sanctuary of Mithridates Kallinikos, king of Kommagene.Mithridates was the father of King Antiochus I, whose tomb-site was found at Nemrud-Dagh (see Nos. 28–32) and who made a treaty with Pompey the Great in 62 B.C.At Arsameia a Sacred Edict of Antiochus I was found. 'The Nomos is given for the protection of the tomb and sanctuary of his father and for the maintenance of his cult. Of the ancient royal city…

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