Saretta
- Ancient name
- Sarepta, Sarepta / Zarephath, Zarephath
- Modern name
- Sarafand
- Modern country
- Lebanon
- Coordinates
- 33.46, 35.29
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.
The toponym Saretta appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P178
Variant spellings of Saretta in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| saito | Tre |
| saratta | Pal5 |
| saret | ME2 |
| Saret | Pad1 |
| sareta | Med3 |
| Sareta | Clas2, Par3 |
| saretagia [?] | Magl4 |
| Saretta | Con3, Cors2, Cs1, Fo, Laur3, Morg, NB, Parm2, Pnc4, Wie1 |
| saretta | Ashb3, Bal, Con1, Con4, Fn12, Fn9, He2, He3, Laur5, Marc1, NYPL3, Pal6, Par1, Per2, Ricc12, Ricc8 |
| Sarita | Pnc5 |
| saritta | Magl2 |
| Sarretta | Con3 |
| sartagi | Fn3 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Saretta.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, May 3, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/saretta/.