Mount Nemrut Dağı

TNMM 79 ↔ CIMRM 28

King Antiochus I of Commagene (69-34 B.C.) had a sepulchral monument erected on the terrace of Nemrud-Dagh during his life. On the east part of the terrace the king had five colossal statues of about 8 m high erected between a lion and an eagle. The gods are represented in a sitting posture on a throne and are: Apollo-Mithras […]; Tyche-Commagene; Zeus-Ahura-Mazda; Antiochus himself and finally Ares-Artagnes.

On the backs of the five thrones an inscription has been engraved (No. 32).

On the western part of the terrace, again between a lion and an eagle, there are five representations of the same deities, though here rendered in relief. They are represented either enthroned or standing, holding out their hands to Antiochus.

First of all Tyche-Commagene, handing gifts to the king; then Apollo-Mithras-Helios (see below); in the middle Zeus-Ahura-Mazda enthrones and then Ares-Artagnes-Heracles. The fifth relief depicts the king’s horoscope […]

Mount Nemrut or Nemrud is one of the highest peaks in the eastern Taurus Mountains, southeastern Turkey. On its summit several large statues stand around what is supposed to be a royal tomb from the 1st century BC.

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