Ablastha

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: T.B. Mitford

Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Enes Yılandiloğlu

Last modified Feb 02, 2026 09:47 PM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:feature=settlement, dare:major=0

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 64 E4 Ablastha

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/628917

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
38.201601, 37.190334

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 11147 (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10000 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Ablastha (30 BC - AD 640)
- Elbistan (Turkish, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- البستان (Elbistān: Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)

Ablastha makes connections with:

None

Ablastha receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement

References:

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 64 E4 Ablastha

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Elbistan

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Suggested citation:
T.B. Mitford, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, and Enes Yılandiloğlu, 'Ablastha: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/628917> [accessed: 10 July 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/628917 |title=Places: 628917 (Ablastha) |author=Mitford, T. |accessdate=July 10, 2026 6:44 am |publisher=Pleiades}}