Üçgöz

Üçgöz
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Basic data
Province (il) :	Adıyaman
District ( ilçe ) :	Besni
Coordinates :	37 ° 39 '  N , 37 ° 58'  E Coordinates: 37 ° 38 '30 "  N , 37 ° 57' 58"  E
Height :	658  m
Residents :	1,336 (2014)
Telephone code :	(+90) 416
Postal code :	02 xxx
License plate :	02
Structure and administration (status: 2014)
Mayor :	Ali Ozer

Üçgöz (former name Sofraz or Sofrazköy ) is a village (formerly a municipality ) in the district of Besni in the Turkish province of Adıyaman . The village is about 10 kilometers southeast of the county seat and 30 kilometers southwest of the provincial capital Adıyaman . The Sofraz Çayı (also Değirmen Çayı), a tributary of the Göksu, flows south of the village .

Tumulus A from Sofraz

South of the village, based on finds from the Hellenistic and Roman times, an ancient settlement is suspected. In 1973 a stele was found in this area showing Antiochus I von Kommagene and Apollon in dexiosis pose. Another find was a grave altar with a relief of a griffin on a wheel and an inscription describing the genealogy of a noble Commagenic family. The altar is now on display outside the Adıyaman Archaeological Museum . The two tumuli of Sofraz , which contain Roman chamber tombs, belong to the settlement .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Turkish Institute for Statistics ( Memento from November 29, 2015 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed November 1, 2015
2. ↑ Yerelnet
3. ↑ Michael Blömer, Engelbert Winter : Commagene, The Land of Gods Between the Taurus and the Euphrates Homer Kitabevi, Istanbul 2011, ISBN 978-9944-483-35-3 , pp. 168-172.