Historical place profile
Pandiruppu
A settlement in eastern Sri Lanka that was reported in the early 20th century to have been the findspot of one, and maybe a few more, Roman bronze coins of the fourth century. Walburg suspects that this reported provenance may be incorrect.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:50203
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:50203
- Place type
- findspot, settlement, settlement-modern
- Coordinates
- 7.426393, 81.816932
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
A settlement in eastern Sri Lanka that was reported in the early 20th century to have been the findspot of one, and maybe a few more, Roman bronze coins of the fourth century. Walburg suspects that this reported provenance may be incorrect.
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 5 inset Pandirippu
Source and reuse
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Research path
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