Historical place profile

Padaytak tepe

A large oasis settlement north of modern Shahrisabz in Uzbekistan that included the fortress of Uzunqïr. It is thought to be the location of ancient Kish/Kesh and possibly the Nautaka mentioned in Hellenistic Greco-Roman sources.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:752130724
Catalogue ID
pleiades:752130724
Place type
oasis, settlement
Coordinates
39.142452, 66.770401
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

A large oasis settlement north of modern Shahrisabz in Uzbekistan that included the fortress of Uzunqïr. It is thought to be the location of ancient Kish/Kesh and possibly the Nautaka mentioned in Hellenistic Greco-Roman sources.

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

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Research path

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