Historical place profile
Borysthenes/Olbia
Commonly referred to as "Olbia Pontica" to distinguish it from multiple other ancient sites with the same name, the remains of this multi-period settlement are located immediately south of the modern Ukrainian village of Parutyne on the west bank of the Dnieper–Bug Estuary.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:226546
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:226546
- Place type
- archaeological-site, settlement
- Coordinates
- 46.692386, 31.905857
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Commonly referred to as "Olbia Pontica" to distinguish it from multiple other ancient sites with the same name, the remains of this multi-period settlement are located immediately south of the modern Ukrainian village of Parutyne on the west bank of the Dnieper–Bug Estuary.
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: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 23 E2 Borysthenes/Olbia
Source and reuse
This profile derives from the Pleiades current GIS record, licensed CC BY 3.0. Pleiades place record The profile preserves the source name, point, type, description, precision and provenance without silently adding a boundary reconstruction.
Research path
Compare this place with the chronological map at the relevant year, nearby political units, routes, institutions and the period portals. Where the source record is silent about jurisdiction, population or ecclesiastical rank, this profile makes no such claim.