Pontarachia
- Ancient name
- Heraclea
- Modern name
- Karadeniz Ereğli
- Modern country
- Turkey
- Coordinates
- 41.28, 31.42
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364323
The toponym Pontarachia appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P109
Variant spellings of Pontarachia in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| pa[n]tte/chio | Ashb7 |
| Pantaracchia | Par2 |
| Pantarach[...] | Cors2 |
| Pantarachia | Clas2 |
| pantarcha | Fn3 |
| pderracchia | Ricc8 |
| pendarchia | Par4 |
| Pendarchia | He1 |
| pendrachia | Tre |
| Pentarachia | Con3 |
| pentaranchia | Magl2 |
| Peterachia | NYPL2 |
| pittarochia | Bal, Laur5 |
| pntarachia | Yale4 |
| Po(n)tarachia | Ricc14 |
| po[n]tara[...] | NYPL3 |
| po[n]tarachia | ME2 |
| po[n]tarchia | Borg, Pad1 |
| po[n]te rachie | Cap1 |
| po[n]ttar/chia | Ashb7 |
| po[n]ttarch[ia] | Ashb7 |
| po[n]ttarchia | Ashb7 |
| po[n]turchia | He3 |
| ponete araco | Ashb3 |
| Pont[...]rachia | Par3 |
| Ponta rachia | Vat3 |
| ponta roccha | Ricc15 |
| ponta[rachia] | Pal6 |
| Pontachia | Vat2 |
| pontar[achia] | Chig2 |
| Pontara[n]chia | Per2 |
| Pontaracchia | BL01, Fn9 |
| pontArAcchia | Ricc9 |
| pontaracchia | Cs1, Laur3, NB, Ro2 |
| pontarach[...] | Ricc12 |
| pontarachi | Pal8, Urb1 |
| pontarachia | Barb3, Barb4, Con1, Fn6, Fn8, Fo, Marc1, Med1, New, Pal5, Pnc4, Pnc5, Ricc11, Ricc13, Spe, Wie1 |
| Pontarachia | BL02, Chig1, Con4, Luc2, Ricc6 |
| Pontarachio | Med3 |
| ponterachia | Marc2 |
| ponturachia | Morg |
| Portarachia | Parm2 |
| potaracio | Pnc3 |
| poternochia | Ricc17 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Pontarachia.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/pontarachia/.