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Padaytak tepe

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Tom Elliott
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, M.U. Erdosy, Enes Yılandiloğlu
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Last modified Nov 12, 2025 10:22 AM — History
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.

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/752130724

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  • Representative Locations:
    • Kesh (English, unspecified date range)
    • Keşş (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
    • Kish (English, unspecified date range)
    • Less than certain: Nautaca (Latin, 330 BC - 30 BC)
    • Less than certain: Ναύτακα (Nautaka: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - 30 BC)

oasis, settlement

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Tom Elliott, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, M.U. Erdosy, and Enes Yılandiloğlu, 'Padaytak tepe: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/752130724> [accessed: 10 December 2025] 

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