Ancient site· Bucak, Burdur
Keraitae
Keraitae is a ancient site in Bucak, Burdur; Keraitai (Keraitae) was a settlement in ancient Pisidia, inhabited from the Hellenistic period onward.
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- 37.5144°N · 30.6028°E
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Editor's Note
Keraitai (Keraitae) was a settlement in ancient Pisidia, inhabited from the Hellenistic period onward. It lies about 2 kilometres southwest of the village of Belören in the Bucak district of Burdur Province, atop a conical rocky outcrop some 1300 metres high known locally as "Sivri Tepe" or "Çeri Asarı".
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Two kilometres south-west of Belören village in Bucak, on a conical rocky peak at 1,300 metres that locals call Sivri Tepe or Çeri Asarı. It was a city of Pisidia. What tells us it existed is its coinage, lettered Keraiton in Greek, and in the 1st century BC it struck coins jointly with neighbouring Kremna under an alliance called Homonia, concord. When Augustus founded five Roman colonies in Pisidia in 25 BC, Keraitae was probably subordinated to Kremna and the joint issues stopped. Houses cover the eastern slope, with an in-antis temple, an odeion, a bath and a cistern. Looting has done heavy damage.
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Did you know
- What handed us the city's name is the legend Keraiton on its coins.
- The joint coinage with Kremna was struck under an alliance called Homonia, concord.
- Sagalassos is 11 km away and Kremna 8 to 9: all three share one mountain basin.
- Systematic surface surveys ran from 2013 to 2019.
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