Dynastic inscription of Antiochus I from Nemrud Dağı

Inscription carved on the pairs of columns on the backs of the five thrones, which stand on the west and east part of the terrace. Hamdey-Bey, N.D., Iff and Pls I–IV; Humann-Puchstein, Reisen, 262ff; MMM II No. 1; Cagnat, IGRR III, 999; Laum, Stiftungen II, 148ff; Jalabert-Mouterde I, 12 No. 1.After an introduction in which Antiochus explains his descent and testifies his religious conviction, the charter proceeds as follows:IB. 24. Ἐγὼ πατρῴαν ἀρχὴν παραλαβὼν παρὰ βασιλείαν μέν ἐμοῖς ὑπήκοον θρόνους κοινὴν θεῶν…