Historical place profile
Eğrikale
Ruins of an old town or castle on the tall "Felsberg Egri Kalch" near the mouth of the Halys river that were formerly posited as an identification for Herodotus' "Pteria" (thus RE whence BAtlas 87, which labeled Eğrikale with "Pteria" using a hollow settlement symbol). Pteria is now thought much more probably to be associated with the large 7th/6th century site at Kerkenes Dağı to the southwest, q.v.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:857294
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:857294
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 41.321531, 35.108768
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Ruins of an old town or castle on the tall "Felsberg Egri Kalch" near the mouth of the Halys river that were formerly posited as an identification for Herodotus' "Pteria" (thus RE whence BAtlas 87, which labeled Eğrikale with "Pteria" using a hollow settlement symbol). Pteria is now thought much more probably to be associated with the large 7th/6th century site at Kerkenes Dağı to the southwest, q.v.
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 87 A3 Pteria
Source and reuse
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Research path
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