Üçgöz, Besni

Üçgöz
Village
Üçgöz Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37.639°N 37.966°E / 37.639; 37.966
Country	Turkey
Province	Adıyaman
District	Besni
Population  (2021)	1,086
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)

Üçgöz (formerly known as Sofraz or Sofrazköy) is a village in the Besni District, Adıyaman Province, Turkey.[1] Its population is 1,086 (2021).[2] Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde).[3]

Archeology

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 [de], which contain Roman chamber tombs.[4]

References

1. Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
2. "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
3. Law No. 6360, Official Gazette, 6 December 2012 (in Turkish).
4. 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.