Panticapaeum
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Panticapaeum was an important ancient Greek city and trading center on the Cimmerian Bosporus, located where the modern city of Kerch in Crimea now stands.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Panticapaeum canonical | 15 |
| Panticapaeum (modern Kerch) | 1 |
| ancient city of Panticapaeum | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek city
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ |
| capitalOf | Bosporan Kingdom ⓘ |
| coordinateRegion |
Eastern Crimea
ⓘ
surface form:
eastern Crimea
|
| country | Bosporan Kingdom ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| economy |
craft production
ⓘ
fish trade ⓘ grain trade ⓘ wine trade ⓘ |
| founder | Greek colonists from Miletus ⓘ |
| function |
political center
ⓘ
port city ⓘ trading center ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Panticapaion
ⓘ
Pantikapaion ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalFind |
coins
ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ pottery ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| hasNameInGreek | Παντικάπαιον ⓘ |
| hasSiteType |
acropolis
ⓘ
fortifications ⓘ necropolis ⓘ |
| hasTopography | hilltop site ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | archaeological monument ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Hellenistic architecture
ⓘ
coinage of the Bosporan Kingdom ⓘ role in Black Sea trade ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Black Sea region
ⓘ
Crimea ⓘ Kerch ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Bosporus
ⓘ
surface form:
Cimmerian Bosporus
Crimea ⓘ
surface form:
Crimean Peninsula
|
| modernCountryClaim |
Russia
ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ |
| modernLocation | Kerch ⓘ |
| near |
Kerch Strait
ⓘ
surface form:
Strait of Kerch
|
| partOf |
Bosporan Kingdom
ⓘ
ancient Greek colonization of the Black Sea ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| significantPeriod |
Classical antiquity
ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ Roman period ⓘ |
| tradedWith |
Asia Minor
ⓘ
Greek mainland ⓘ Scythian tribes ⓘ |
| usedLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
ancient city of Panticapaeum
this entity surface form:
Panticapaeum (modern Kerch)