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Arbinas, also Erbinas, Erbbina, was a Lycian Dynast who ruled circa 430/20-400 BCE. He is most famous for his tomb, the Nereid Monument, now on display in the British Museum. Coinage seems to indicate that he ruled in the western part of Lycia, around Telmessos, while his tomb was established in Xanthos. He was a subject of the
File:Reconstruction_Nereid_Monument_BM.jpg, The Nereid Monument is thought to be the tomb of Arbinas. British Museum.
File:Illustrerad Verldshistoria band I Ill 102.jpg, Reconstitution of the original tomb of Erbinas.
File:Arbinas portrait in the Nereid Monument.jpg, Arbinas portrait, with Persian cap. Nereid Monument.
File:Official receiving Visitors, Xanthos, Nereid Monument, Frieze II, Block 879.jpg, Arbinas, in Persian dress, receives emissaries. Nereid Monument.
File:DYNASTS of LYCIA. Erbbina. Circa 430-20-400 BC.jpg, Coin of King Arbinas, wearing the Persian cap on the reverse. Circa 430/20-400 BC
File:DYNASTS of LYCIA. Erbbina with Athena and Herakles. Circa 430-20-400 BC.jpg, Coin of King Arbinas. Athena and Herakles on each side. Circa 430/20-400 BC
File:DYNASTS of LYCIA. Erbbina. Circa 400-380 BC.jpg, Coin of King Arbinas. Athena and Herakles.
Arbinas, also Erbinas, Erbbina, was a Lycian Dynast who ruled circa 430/20-400 BCE. He is most famous for his tomb, the Nereid Monument, now on display in the British Museum. Coinage seems to indicate that he ruled in the western part of Lycia, around Telmessos, while his tomb was established in Xanthos. He was a subject of the Achaemenid Empire
The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire (; peo, 𐎧𐏁𐏂, , ), also called the First Persian Empire, was an ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great in 550 BC. Based in Western Asia, it was contemporarily the largest em ...
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He was the son of the previous Lycian king Kheriga. On his inscriptions, Erbinas is described as a ''tyrannos'', and "''the man who rules over the Lycians''". It seems the Lycia kingdom started to disintegrate during the rule of Arbinas, as numerous smaller rulers started to mint coinage throughout Lycia during his reign and after.Tomb
His monumental tomb, the Nereid Monument, now in the British Museum, was the main inspiration for the famous Mausoleum at Halicarnassus. Using the design of a Greek Temple for the building of a tomb was unheard of in mainland Greece. According to Melanie Michailidis, though bearing a "Greek appearance", the Nereid Monument, the Harpy Tomb and the Tomb of Payava were built according main Zoroastrian criteria "by being composed of thick stone, raised on plinths off the ground, and having single windowless chambers". The Nereid Monument was the main inspiration for the famous Mausoleum at Halicarnassus.Coinage
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* {{Achaemenid rulers 4th-century BC Iranian people Rulers in the Achaemenid Empire Lycians