Papa
- Modern name
- Kryva Kosa
- Modern country
- Ukraine
- Coordinates
- 47.04, 38.11
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364177
Papa or Papacomo, a coastal site in the Sea of Tana, is one of a group of toponyms that appears only on a single Sfera map (Ashb7) with an unusual amount of detail around the Black Sea. Campbell #1183; Gordeev 238–9.
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location M173
Variant spellings of Papa in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| papa/como | Ashb7 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Papa.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/papa/.