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12-SEP-2006

Nemrut 2006 09 1565.jpg

The head of Heracles-Artagnes-Ares, on the west terrace. The multiple names of the god indicate his syncretic nature: Greek and Persian (Artagnes being derived from the Avestan name Verathragna, a deity ‘giver of Victory’). On the right side of the picture: a horizontal shoulder segment of the statue, with an upper arm and a hand, which was holding a mace.

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.
Sources: File 448: ‘Nemrut Dağı’ – World Heritage List, Unesco (see: whc.unesco.org) , Wikipedia
& ‘Guides Bleus: Turquie’ – Edition 1986.

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