The Sofraz Stela depicts the king Antiochus I Theos of Commagene (c. 86-36 BC) in a dexiosis pose with Apollo. The stele was found in 1973 about 300 meters southeast of the village of Üçgöz ( Sofraz) in Adıyaman Province. Currently housed in Gaziantep Archaeology Museum. It is 1.22 meters high, 0.59 meters wide and 0.31 meters deep. Made of basalt lava stone.
The Greek inscription extends to the sides and back of the stele. The author introduces himself as " I King Antiochus, the just God appearing, friend of the Romans and friend of the Greeks, son of King Mithridates Callinicus, founder and benefactor and the first to found Kitaris,
See:
- Bruno Jacobs, Zur relativen Datierung einiger kommagenischer Heiligtümer: Sofraz Köy – Samosata – Arsameia am Nymphaios – Nemrud Dağı, in: Veröffentlichungen der Joachim-Jungius-Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften Hamburg 87, 1998, 37-47
- Georg Petzl, Die Königsinschriften von Kommagene In: Jörg Wagner (eds.): Gottkönige am Euphrat. Neue Ausgrabungen und Forschungen in Kommagene. Von Zabern, Mainz 2012, pp. 61–70