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TegmenliSeveran Bridge - Cendere KöprüsüSeptimius Severus Bridge over NymphaiosNymphaios near the Severan BridgeCendere BridgeCendere BridgeCendere BridgeCendere InscriptionCendere InscriptionCendere Inscription

Location:

  • Türkiye, Taşlıca
  • geo:37.869446,38.588055
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • -25~ / unknown

Class:

  • Grave or burial field
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=25159

Annotations

Karakuş Tümülüsü (Kadınlar Anıt Mezarı - Women's Mausoleum) . The monumental tomb was built by King Mithridates II (r. 1 BC – 20 BC) for Queen Isias and Princesses Antiochis and Aka I of Commagene.

See:

  1. Herman Brijder, Nemrud Dagi: Recent Archaeological Research and Preservation and Restoration Activities in the Tomb Sanctuary on Mount Nemrud, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2014, pp. 214-217
  2. Michael Blömer, Engelbert Winter,Commagene. The Land of Gods Between the Taurus and the Euphrates, Homer Archaeological Guides, 11, Istanbul 2011

 


Nearby

Beştepeler of Ilıcak Village

Commagene necropolis

Tegmenli (3 km)

Teğmenli village. Mithridates temple.

Cendere (7 km)

Cendere - Nymphaios Bridge.


This object was added by Elżbieta on 2016-02-07. Last update by Elżbieta on 2023-02-01. Persistent URI: http://vici.org/vici/25159 . Download as RDF/XML, KML.
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