Sela

archaeological site · 720 BC – 2100 AD

Sela (also as-Silaʿ and es-Selaʿ) was the the capital of the land Edom. The city is equated with the biblical Joktheel/Jokteel/Jectehel.

Coordinates

30.76636, 35.65230

Also known as

Al-Sila‘ (ar), Selaʾ (akk), as-Silaʿ (ar), es-Selaʿ (ar), السلع (ar)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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