Galat(i?)a pottery, 3rd – 2nd century BC, the one in the back is very large

Ancient Galatia (Greek: Γαλατία) was an area in the highlands of central Anatolia (around Ankara, and parts of the Çorum, Yozgat and Eskişehir provinces) in modern Turkey. Galatia was named for the immigrant Gauls from Thrace, who settled here and became its ruling caste in the 3rd century BC, following the Gallic invasion of the Balkans in 279 BC. It has been called the ‘Gallia’ of the East, Roman writers calling its inhabitants Galli (Gauls or Celts). They were divided into three Celtic Galatian tribes:
the Tectosages in the centre, round their capital Ancyra/Ankara,
the Tolistobogii on the west, round Pessinus (Ballıhisar, near Sivrihisar) as their chief town, sacred to Cybele,
the Trocmi on the east, round their chief town Tavium (Büyüknefes, in the Yozgat province).
The Galatian state ended in 25 BC, when it was incorporated by Augustus into the Roman Empire.

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.
Source: (amongst others) Wikipedia.