Anthony Bryer identifies Asomatos with a locale in the upper Matzouka valley, SSW of Trebizond. Bryer, "Greeks and Türkmens: The Pontic Exception", Dumbarton Oaks Papers, 29 (1975), p. 144 n. 131. This paper also provides a translation of the relevant passage from the chronicle of Michael Panaretos that mentions this incursion.