Istria Bent

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Iulian Bîrzescu

Contributors: Tom Elliott

Last modified Sep 16, 2025 06:39 AM — History

A settlement was identified through survey in the modern village of Istria. The settlement corresponds to the necropolis excavated by Vlad Zirra in 1970's.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/700092147

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
44.5697806, 28.7119972

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- Imagery Location (750 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

Names:

Associated Modern Names:
- Caranasuf (Romanian, unspecified date range)
- Istria Sat (Romanian, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Karanasuf (Romanian, AD 1900 - AD 1999)

Istria Bent makes connections with:

None

Istria Bent receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement, catacomb, cemetery, necropolis

References:

See Further:

Avram 1985 page 114

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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Suggested citation:
Iulian Bîrzescu, and Tom Elliott, 'Istria Bent: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/700092147> [accessed: 16 February 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/700092147 |title=Places: 700092147 (Istria Bent) |author=Bîrzescu, I. |accessdate=February 16, 2026 10:45 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}