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Artaxata (Artashat)

Artashat, Hellenized as Artaxata and Artaxiasata, was a major city and commercial center of ancient Armenia that served as the capital of the Kingdom of Armenia from its founding in 176 BC to 120 AD, with some interruptions.

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Possible tauroctony fragments from Artashat

Two marble fragments from a small statuette discovered at Artashat in 1971 and later interpreted as possible remains of a tauroctony.

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#471

Seal from Artashat (Artaxata) with Parthian inscription of Mithra Zhores Khachatryan proposes the following interpretation: "N1021 (3 specimens): Parthian. (1) mtr > Mihr (or Miθr); (2) BYRT: fortress. In the documents on the Nisa ostraca…

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#470

Clay figurine of Mithra (Mihr) on horseback from Artashat (Artaxata) "During the Parthian period, the figure of a deified and immortalized horseman—who held cultic significance—was widespread across Western Asia and the Roman Empire…

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#469

Clay figurine of Mithra (Mihr) from Artashat (Artaxata) It is interesting to note the following details: the artifact’s resemblance to the specimen from Hoghmik, as well as the presence of a bull behind Mithra. "..…

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#465

Supposed fragments of Tauroctony from Artashat(Artaxata) "During excavations at Artashat in 1971, at the same site not far from a previously mentioned statue, another fragment of a marble statuette was found, representing the torso of a youth with a…

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Արտաշատ II: Անտիկ դամբարանադաշտեր (1971–1977 թթ. պեղումները)

Khachatryan, Zhores (1981) Artashat II: Ancient Necropolises (Excavations of 1971–1977). Archaeological Excavations in Armenia 17. Yerevan: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR.

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#462

UPDATE: This is not the supposed tauroctony from Artaxata (Artashat). I was incorrect in my identification due to low-res.confusion. I will post the actual supposed tauroctony soon.

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