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Saretta

Ancient name
Sarepta / Zarephath
Modern name
Sarafand
Modern country
Lebanon
Saretta was a port on the site of Roman Sarepta (now Sarafand, Lebanon), between Tyre and Sidon along the Levantine coast. It is sometimes conflated with its neigbor Sidon in copies of La sfera (both the text and the maps). Campbell #1516.
Coordinates
33.46, 35.29

The toponym Saretta appears in La Sfera in the following places:

04.18.06

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Map of the location P178

Variant spellings of Saretta in Sfera manuscripts

Variant Manuscripts
saret ME2
Saret Pad1
Sareta Clas2
saretagia [?] Magl4
Saretta Fo, Laur3, NB, Parm2, Wie1
saretta Bal, Fn9, He2, He3, Laur5, Marc1, Par1, Per2, Ricc8
Sarita Pnc5
saritta Magl2
Suggested citation
Beneš, Carrie. “Saretta.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, February 10, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/saretta/.