Pessinus

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Pessinus was an ancient Phrygian city in central Anatolia, renowned as a major religious center dedicated to the worship of the goddess Cybele.

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Label Occurrences
Pessinus canonical 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city
archaeological site
associatedWithEvent transfer of Cybele’s sacred stone to Rome
continent Asia
coordinateLocation 39.4°N 31.6°E
country Turkey
culture Hellenistic period
surface form: Hellenistic culture

Phrygians
surface form: Phrygian culture

Roman culture
declinePeriod Late Antiquity
eventDate 204 BCE
excavationStartDate 1967
floruit Hellenistic period
Roman Imperial period
foundedInPeriod 3rd century BCE
hasArchaeologicalExcavation Belgian archaeological mission
hasStructure colonnaded street
necropolis
sanctuary complex
temple podium
theatre
hasTemple Temple of Cybele
surface form: Temple of Cybele at Pessinus
linkedTo Magna Mater cult in Rome
locatedIn Phrygia
Sakarya Plain
surface form: Sakarya River valley

central Anatolia
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Eskişehir Province NERFINISHED
locatedNear Sakarya River
modern Ballıhisar
mainDeity Cybele
mentionedBy Cicero
Pausanias
Strabo
modernNameOfVicinity Ballıhisar
partOf Anatolia
Asia Minor
prosperedInPeriod 1st century BCE
1st century CE
2nd century BCE
religiousCentreFor Cybele
Cybele
surface form: Magna Mater
religiousObject black meteoric stone of Cybele
religiousSignificance major center of Cybele worship in Phrygia
underControlOf Kingdom of Pergamon
surface form: Attalid Kingdom of Pergamon

Byzantine Empire
Roman Empire
Roman Republic
worshipPracticed Cybele cult
galli priesthood rituals

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Galatia majorCity Pessinus
Attis cultCenter Pessinus