Historical place profile

Babunja

Settlement in western Albania containing signs of habitation from the 6th-4th centuries BCE. Tentatively identified as the site of Arnissa (Ptolemy), it is the find-spot of a bronze equestrian figurine.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:559227570
Catalogue ID
pleiades:559227570
Place type
archaeological-site, settlement
Coordinates
40.880938, 19.551720
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

Settlement in western Albania containing signs of habitation from the 6th-4th centuries BCE. Tentatively identified as the site of Arnissa (Ptolemy), it is the find-spot of a bronze equestrian figurine.

Geographic evidence

The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.

Provenance: Pleiades

Source and reuse

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Research path

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