Pelinna

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Pelinna was an ancient city in Thessaly, Greece, notable as an archaeological site where Orphic gold tablets associated with mystery cult funerary practices were discovered.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pelinna canonical 1
Pelinnaion 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
archaeologicalFind Orphic gold lamellae ⓘ
inscribed funerary tablets ⓘ
tombs ⓘ
votive offerings ⓘ
archaeologicalRemains city walls ⓘ
necropolis ⓘ
public buildings ⓘ
associatedWithConcept Orphic eschatology ⓘ
initiation into mysteries ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
currency issued its own coinage ⓘ
excavatedBy Greek archaeologists ⓘ
fortificationType walled city ⓘ
funeraryBelief afterlife guidance texts on gold tablets ⓘ
funeraryPractice use of inscribed gold tablets in burials ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Pelinnaeon ⓘ
Pelinnaeum ⓘ
Pelinnaion ⓘ
linked to: Pelinna
heritageType Greek archaeological heritage ⓘ
inhabitedDuring Classical period ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
knownFor Orphic gold tablets ⓘ
archaeological excavations ⓘ
mystery cult funerary practices ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Thessaly ⓘ
ancient Thessaly ⓘ
region of Trikala ⓘ
locatedNear modern town of Trikala ⓘ
modern village of Palaiogardiki ⓘ
locatedOn left bank of the Peneios River ⓘ
mentionedBy Livy ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ
modernSite identified with archaeological site near Palaiogardiki ⓘ
nearGeographicalFeature Peneios valley ⓘ
linked to: Peneus River valley
participatedIn Thessalian political affairs ⓘ
partOf Doris of Thessaly ⓘ
politicalStatus polis ⓘ
regionType inland Thessaly ⓘ
religiousAssociation Dionysiac cults ⓘ
Orphic mysteries ⓘ
linked to: Orphic Mysteries
strategicLocation near passes between Thessaly and Epirus ⓘ
tabletsDateTo 4th century BCE ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Orphic gold tablets → foundIn → Pelinna ⓘ
Pelinna → hasAlternativeName → Pelinnaion ⓘ
linked to: Pelinna