Lystra

Lystra (Λύστρα) is an ancient city in southwestern Lycaonia, known from biblical accounts. It was located ca 33 km southwest of Iconium, in the region of Lycaonia. Lystra was discovered in 1885, when John Robert Sitlington Sterrett unearthed a stone altar with a Latin inscription on a hill north of the Turkish village of Hatun Sara¹i  (Lusna in the Hittite period?).This location was confirmed by later numismatic finds.

Emperor Augustus founded here in 9 BC the Colonia Iulia Felix Gemina Lystra, a military base.

Lystra-Zoldura Höyük (Hatunsaray II)

A small museum within the village of Hatunsaray displays artifacts from ancient Lystra.

Sources:

1. Robert Sitlington Sterrett, An epigraphical journey in Asia Minor during the summer of 1884, American school of classical studies at Athens. Papers. 1884-1885. 1888; , v. III , pp. 15, 23, 142, 155, https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/ascsapapers1884_1885/0001/image,info,thumbs
2. Monumenta Asiae Minoris Antiqua, Vol. VIII,
3. H. Bahar et all. ,A PLAN FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION OF LYSTRA (ZOLDURA HÖYÜK), CIPA 2005 XX International Symposium, 26 September – 01 October, 2005, Torino, Italy
4. https://www.cipaheritagedocumentation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Bahar-A-plan-for-archaeological-excavation-of-Lystra-Zoldura-H%C3%B6y%C3%BCk.pdf

References

1. ↑ This inscription locates Lystra definitely. The site of Lystra is now called Zoldera