Eastern Terrace

Here are giant God statues sitting on 10 m high thorones which are lined up facing east.Statues on this terrace are respectively a protective eagle representing the domainance of the Commagene over the sky a protective lion domanince of the Commagene ove the earth King Antiochus I Fortuna (Tyche) Zeus,Apollo and Heracles.Behind the thorones there is the thorones there is the testament (Nomos) of king Antiochus consisting of 237 lines on religious and social issues To the north an south of the terrace there are relief steas of the royal family.The altar and statue of a sitting lion are also on this terrace.lt is from this tterrace that sunrise can be viewed with all its beauty.