Üçgöz, Besni

Üçgöz Sofraz
Village
Country	Turkey
Province	Adıyaman Province
District	Besni
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Üçgöz (formerly known as Sofraz or Sofrazköy) is a village in the District of Besni, Adıyaman Province, Turkey.^[1]

The village lies about 10 kilometres southeast of the district capital and 30 kilometres southwest of the provincial capital Adıyaman. South of the village flows the Sofraz Çayı (also called the Değirmen Çayı), a tributary of the Göksu.

Tumulus A of Sofraz

South of the village is an ancient settlement of Hellenistic and Roman date (based on archaeological finds). In this area, a stele was found in 1973, which shows Antiochus I of Commagene and Apollo shaking hands. Another find was a funerary altar with a relief carving of a griffin on a wheel and an inscription in which the genealogy of a noble Commagenian family is described. The altar is now on display in the Adıyaman Archaeological Museum. Near the settlement are the two Tumuli of Sofraz, which contain Roman chamber tombs.^[2]

References

1. "Population of city, towns and villages - 2011". Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
2. 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, S. 168–172.

Coordinates: 37°38′25″N 37°57′56″E / 37.6403°N 37.9656°E