Babunja

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Gabriel Mckee

Contributors: Tom Elliott

Last modified Mar 16, 2026 02:15 PM — History

Settlement in western Albania containing signs of habitation from the 6th-4th centuries BCE. Tentatively identified as the site of Arnissa (Ptolemy), it is the find-spot of a bronze equestrian figurine.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/559227570

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
40.8809375282, 19.5517204956

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Babunja site (750 BC - 330 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Less than certain: Αρνισσα (Arnissa: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - 330 BC)
Associated Modern Names:
- Babunjë (Albanian, AD 2000 - AD 2099)

Babunja makes connections with:

None

Babunja receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement, archaeological site

References:

See Further:

Grömer 2025

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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Suggested citation:
Gabriel Mckee, and Tom Elliott, 'Babunja: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/559227570> [accessed: 19 May 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/559227570 |title=Places: 559227570 (Babunja) |author=Mckee, G. |accessdate=May 19, 2026 3:32 am |publisher=Pleiades}}