Historical place profile
Embolos
Robert argued for reading "ἔμβολος" in a fragmentary funerary epigram found in the area of Beyköy, Turkey, as a toponym. He argues, with reference to early travelers' accounts of antiquities in the area, for a nearby location for this putative settlement, probably up the gorge of the Ugursuyu.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:844915
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:844915
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 40.777578, 31.180183
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Robert argued for reading "ἔμβολος" in a fragmentary funerary epigram found in the area of Beyköy, Turkey, as a toponym. He argues, with reference to early travelers' accounts of antiquities in the area, for a nearby location for this putative settlement, probably up the gorge of the Ugursuyu.
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 86 B3 Embolos
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.