'''Pamatan''' adalah nama dari sebuah kota yang belum ditemukan di Pulau [[Lombok]], [[Indonesia]] dan ibukota kerajaan Lombok. Kota tersebut hancur akibat [[letusan Samalas 1257]] pada tahun 1257.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Belizal |first1=Edouard de |last2=Hadmoko |first2=Danang Sri |last3=Hajdas |first3=Irka |last4=Wassmer |first4=Patrick |last5=Pratomo |first5=Indyo |last6=Vidal |first6=Céline M. |last7=Stoffel |first7=Markus |last8=Oppenheimer |first8=Clive |last9=Lahitte |first9=Pierre |last10=Robert |first10=Vincent |last11=Guillet |first11=Sébastien |last12=Komorowski |first12=Jean-Christophe |last13=Degeai |first13=Jean-Philippe |last14=Lavigne |first14=Franck |title=Source of the great A.D. 1257 mystery eruption unveiled, Samalas volcano, Rinjani Volcanic Complex, Indonesia |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |date=15 October 2013 |volume=110 |issue=42 |pages=16742–16747 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1307520110 |url=https://www.pnas.org/content/110/42/16742.short |language=en |issn=0027-8424}}</ref> Meskipun keluarga kerajaan dan rajanya dikabarkan menyelamatkanselamat, kota tersebut, mereka lenyap dari catatan sejarah.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hamilton |first1=Garry |title=Mystery blast: The lost volcano that changed the world |journal=New Scientist |date=October 2013 |volume=220 |issue=2939 |page=41 |doi=10.1016/S0262-4079(13)62487-2 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0262407913624872}}</ref> Jika kota tersebut ditemukan kembali, kota tersebut dapat menjadi "[[Pompeii]] dari Timur" dan memberikan petunjuk soal bagaimana masyarakat menanggapi bencana vulkanik.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Belizal |first1=Edouard de |last2=Hadmoko |first2=Danang Sri |last3=Hajdas |first3=Irka |last4=Wassmer |first4=Patrick |last5=Pratomo |first5=Indyo |last6=Vidal |first6=Céline M. |last7=Stoffel |first7=Markus |last8=Oppenheimer |first8=Clive |last9=Lahitte |first9=Pierre |last10=Robert |first10=Vincent |last11=Guillet |first11=Sébastien |last12=Komorowski |first12=Jean-Christophe |last13=Degeai |first13=Jean-Philippe |last14=Lavigne |first14=Franck |title=Source of the great A.D. 1257 mystery eruption unveiled, Samalas volcano, Rinjani Volcanic Complex, Indonesia |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |date=15 October 2013 |volume=110 |issue=42 |pages=16742–16747 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1307520110 |url=https://www.pnas.org/content/110/42/16742.short |language=en |issn=0027-8424}}</ref>
