Alphabet work at Samosata
· Samosata, Commagene (near modern Samsat), Adıyaman Province, Turkey
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (PD-old-100; PD-Art; Public Domain Mark 1.0) · file At Samosata, Mashtots worked with the scribe Rufinus, refined the Armenian letters, and began translating Scripture with pupils. The itinerary is dated by modern scholarship to 406–407; the ancient city's location is represented by its documented archaeological coordinate.
