Historical place profile

Kisuatni

Kisuatni is a fortified city in Que, probably in the eastern part of the Cilician plain. The city is mentioned with Abarnani and Lusanda in royal inscriptions of the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III (r. 858-824 BC).

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:726944834
Catalogue ID
pleiades:726944834
Place type
settlement, unlocated
Coordinates
36.980530, 36.046606
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

Kisuatni is a fortified city in Que, probably in the eastern part of the Cilician plain. The city is mentioned with Abarnani and Lusanda in royal inscriptions of the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III (r. 858-824 BC).

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

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

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