Udjahorresnet’s statue is covered with hieroglyphic inscriptions that describe his interactions with the Persian pharaohs Cambyses (reigned 526–522 B.C.) and Darius I (reigned 522–486 B.C.).

The society was a blend of Greek and Persian culture; culture merging was common for the Hellenistic period. Between approximately 70 and 36 B.C., Commagene’s most famous king, Antiochus I, ruled.