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Saretta

Ancient name
Sarepta, Sarepta / Zarephath, 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 neighbor Sidon in copies of La sfera (both the text and the maps). Campbell #1516.
Coordinates
33.46, 35.29
World Historical Gazetteer
https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364387

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
Lazeretto Fn8
saito Tre
Sarata Vat2
saratta Pal5
Sarena Ricc6
saret ME2
Saret Pad1
sareta Med3
Sareta Clas2, Par3
saretagia [?] Magl4
Saretta BL01, BL02, Con3, Cors2, Cs1, Fo, Laur3, Morg, NB, Parm2, Pnc4, Ricc14, Spe, Vat3, Wie1
saretta Ashb3, Bal, Barb3, Barb4, Borg, Chig1, Con1, Con4, Fn12, Fn9, He2, He3, Laur5, Marc1, NYPL3, New, Pal6, Par1, Per2, Ricc11, Ricc12, Ricc13, Ricc8, Ro2, Urb1
SArettA Ricc9
Sarita Pnc5
saritta Magl2
Sarretta Con3
sartagi Fn3
Suggested citation
Beneš, Carrie. “Saretta.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/saretta/.