Padaytak tepe

natural · 330 BC – 1599 AD

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.

Coordinates

39.14245, 66.77040

Also known as

Kesh (en), Kesh (en), Keşş (ota), Kish (en), Kish (en), Nautaca (la), Nautaca (la), Nautaka (grc), Ναύτακα (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

See Padaytak tepe on the map →