According to this inscription, the statue was carved in 139 BC on the occasion of a conquest for Seleucid Greeks (under Demetrius II Nicator) against the Parthians (under Mithridates I of Parthia), though the Seleucids were later defeated and driven from the region.
Omurtag's Tarnovo Inscription | Bronze 'fish tally' with small Khitan inscription owned by Stephen Wootton Bushell | statue inscription in "Love is a Ball" (1963) at 51:44 | Padang Roco inscription | Nagajari-Khanikargaon rock inscription | Great Karnak Inscription | Buyla inscription | Behistun Inscription | alt=A drawing of the first inscription (with some minor errors), as it could be read in 1887'' |