 Dionysius places the town in Pisidia, while William Smith equates Lyrbe with the Lyrope (Λυρόπη), mentioned by Ptolemy and placed by the ancient geographer in Cilicia Trachaea.It is identified with modern Asarkale, Bucakşeyhler, or Şıhlar.The "Notitiae episcopatuum" mention Lyrba as an episcopal see, suffragan of the archbishopric of Side, up to the 12th and 13th centuries.