Historical place profile
Kerkenes/Pteria?
A large, fortified Phrygian settlement dating to the 7th/6th centuries BCE on modern Kerkenes Dağ in Turkey's Yozgat province. It is probably to be identified with a "Pteria" mentioned by Herodotus as the site of a battle between Cyrus and Croesus.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:619244
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:619244
- Place type
- fortified-settlement, settlement
- Coordinates
- 39.748977, 35.068312
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
A large, fortified Phrygian settlement dating to the 7th/6th centuries BCE on modern Kerkenes Dağ in Turkey's Yozgat province. It is probably to be identified with a "Pteria" mentioned by Herodotus as the site of a battle between Cyrus and Croesus.
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 63 G1 Pteria
Source and reuse
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Research path
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