Selaa

Selaa

سلع
Selaa سلع
Village
	Selaa
	Coordinates: 33°15′15″N 35°22′48″E / 33.25417°N 35.38000°E
Grid position	185/295 PAL
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	South Governorate
District	Tyre
Elevation	1,440 ft (440 m)
Time zone	GMT +3

Selaa, Silảh, (

Arabic: سلع) is a village in the Tyre District in Southern Lebanon

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Name

According to E. H. Palmer, Silảh comes from "the crevasse".^[1]

History

In 1875,

acroteria, and a broken sarcophagus, at one of whose ends is a projection resembling an altar. Near it is a great grave with room for two bodies, with a partition wall left in the rock; and beside this an enormous detached block, hollowed out for two bodies, and resting on a surface purposely planed.'^[3]

Close to Silah, Guérin also found the ruins of a small village, completely destroyed, known as Kh. Fenian.[4]

In 1881, the

Metawileh, on hill, with figs, olives, and arable land. Water from cisterns and a spring near."^[5] They further noted that it had a perennial spring, built up with masonry,^[6] and that it was "an ancient site; there is a terraced hill; there are six sarcophagi and two olive-presses near the village."^[4]

References

^ Palmer, 1881, p. 33
^ Guérin, 1880, p. 263
^ Guérin, 1880, p. 263; as translated in Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 139
^ ^a ^b Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 139
^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 94
^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 105

Bibliography

Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
Guérin, V. (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
Palmer, E.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.

External links

Selaa, Localiban
Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2: IAA, Wikimedia commons

[1] Palmer, 1881, p. 33

[2] Guérin, 1880, p. 263

[3] Guérin, 1880, p. 263; as translated in Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 139

[SWP139-4] Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 139

[5] Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 94

[6] Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 105

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v t e Tyre District, South Governorate
Capital: Tyre
Towns and villages	Aabbassiyeh Aalma ech Chaab Ain Baal Aitit Barish Bayyad Bazourieh Bedias Boustane Borj Ech Chemali Borj Rahal Chamaa Chaitiyeh Chehabiyeh Chehour Chihine Debaal Deir Aames Deir Kifa Deir Qanoun En Nahr Halloussiyeh Hanaouay Jennata Jibbain Jwaya Kneisseh Maarakeh Maaroub Mansouri Majadel Majdel Zoun Mahrouna Marwahin Naqoura Qana Qlaileh Ras al-Ain Rechknanay Selaa Siddikine Srifa Tayr Debba Tayr Falsay Tayr Harfa Toura Yarine Zalloutieh Zibqin
Palestinian refugee camps	El-Buss Burj el-Shemali Rashidieh
Other	Umm al-Amad Ladder of the Tyrians