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Monumentum

Tablet of Antiochus I from Samsat

"The remaining figure on this monument, Herakles, was previously misidentified as Apollo on this remarkable black basalt tablet from Samsat, known in Roman times as Samosata.
  • Tablet of Antiochus I found in Samsat.

    Tablet of Antiochus I found in Samsat.
    The Trustees of the British Museum 

  • Tablet of Antiochus I from Samsat, side.

    Tablet of Antiochus I from Samsat, side.
    The Trustees of the British Museum 

  • Tablet of Antiochus I found in Samsat.

    Tablet of Antiochus I found in Samsat.
    The Trustees of the British Museum 

 
The New Mithraeum
27 Nov 2024

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Black basalt tablet (H. 0.787 Br. 0.35 D. 0.225), found on the banks of the Euphrates near Samosate. London, Br. Mus.

Yorke-Hogarth in JHS XVIII 1898 312 No. 143; Dittenberger OGIS No. 404; Marshall Ancient Greek Inscr. Br. Mus. IV (2) 182 No. 1048; Jalabert-Mouterde Inscr. Syrie 58f No. 52 from which our text.

Remnants of a relief, on which Apollo* with aureole, holding out his hand to Antiochus I of Commagene. At the bottom an inscription. After a short introduction, the tendency of which is similar to that of the large inscription of Nemrud-Dagh, there are the following lines:

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