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.
The Trustees of the British Museum
Tablet of Antiochus I from Samsat, side.
The Trustees of the British Museum
Tablet of Antiochus I found in Samsat.
The Trustees of the British Museum
The New Mithraeum
27 Nov 2024
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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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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