Artanissa

ARTANISSA (ρτάνισσαTelawe?), a city of Iberia, in Asia, between the Cyrus and M. Caucasus (Ptol. 5.1 § 3). It was one of Ptolemy's points of recorded astronomical observations, having the longest day 15 hrs. 25 min., and being one hour E. of Alexandria (8.19.5).