SITE ReportApril 29, 2024
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Primary Site name: SELA`
Other Site Names: JADIS: 2002002, QAL'AT ES-SELA', SELA', SIL, SILA, سلع
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Governorate:
TAFILAH
Sub-governorate:
Tafilah
MEGA Number:
4401
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Site Map:
Coordinates
(Long Lat):
35.57182 30.77715, 35.56913 30.77684, 35.56756 30.77691, 35.56635 30.77723, 35.56548 30.77694, 35.564 30.77726, 35.56336 30.7782, 35.5641 30.77967, 35.56593 30.78109, 35.56776 30.78213, 35.56929 30.78241, 35.5704 30.78291, 35.57173 30.7836, 35.57365 30.78473, 35.57463 30.78524, 35.57652 30.78604, 35.57781 30.78613, 35.57876 30.785, 35.57916 30.78393, 35.58367 30.78296, 35.58534 30.78249, 35.5852 30.78121, 35.58455 30.77994, 35.58355 30.77873, 35.58153 30.77857, 35.57861 30.77925, 35.57741 30.7796, 35.57647 30.77909, 35.57615 30.77875, 35.57597 30.77852, 35.57608 30.77815, 35.57556 30.77869, 35.57573 30.77816, 35.57405 30.77764, 35.57356 30.77749, 35.57182 30.77715
Total Area (m²):
1215793.8;
Perimeter (m):
5302.7
Buffer Zone (m):
0
Period(s) Recorded for Site:
| 9006 (Kebaran); 9019 (Early Bronze I); 9027 (Middle Bronze, Unspecified); 9030 (Late Bronze, Unspecified); 9033 (Iron Age IIc); 9039 (Hellenistic, Unspecified); 9043 (Nabataean, Unspecified); 9044 (Roman, Early); 9045 (Roman, Late); 9049 (Byzantine, Unspecified); 9050 (Islamic, Umayyad); 9053 (Islamic, Ayyubid); 9054 (Islamic, Mamluk); 9059 (Ottoman, Unspecified) |
DoA Office Responsible:
| Tafila Antiquities Office |
Site Investigators:
Investigator(s):
JADIS IMPORT, DOA; Rocio Da Riva, University of Barcelona
Investigation Date:
None
Site Comments:
[e.g., accuracy of coordinates; directions to Site]
| Sela is easily reached from the visitor centre of as-Sila, in the Tafilah area. It can be reached with a normal car, no 4x4 is needed. However, the access to the site itself (to the top of the outcrop) is complicated, it takes about 40 minutes walking and climbing the 200 m high limestone formation. A modern stairway, partially based on the older one, takes the visitor to the top of the summit No signpost indicates the actual site, nor the presence of the Nabonidus inscription on the slope of the rock. |
Site Significance:
| Scientific Value | Sela has an extraordinary scientific value for its potential to yield evidence about past human activity in the area of tafilah and answer research question regarding social and economic phenomena in 1 millennium BCE Jordan |
| Historical Value | |
| Aesthetic Value | The sandstone outcropping of sela conforms a breathtaking scenery with the wadis and mountains surrounding it. the combination of the natural formatting of the sandstone with the humans design of the architectonic structure provides sela with a unique breathtaking beauty .the location of the village of as-sila At the other side of the wadi allows to complete the site from afar. Sela is undoubtedly one of the most impressive sites in Jordan. |
| Social Value | Sela is of extremely social importance on a local scale, the outcrop is a reference for the people of tafilah. And it has an enormous importance for the inhabitant of the modern village of as-sila, where the visitor centre of the site is located |
| Spiritual Value |
Surveys:
Record History:
Last Modified By
Samar Habahbeh
Last Modified On
September 6, 2017
Record Created By
ORIGINAL IMPORT
Record Created On
July 1, 2010
Record Review Status:
Status:
Under Review
Reviewer:
None
Review Date:
None
Comments:
The following 23 site element(s) have been recognized at this site:
| MEGA Number | Element Type | Period(s) Recorded for Site Element: |
| 21233 | 901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated) | 9030 Late Bronze, Unspecified |
| 21234 | 306 Sanctuary | 9043 Nabataean, Unspecified |
| 21235 | 506 Fortress | 9054 Islamic, Mamluk |
| 21236 | 835 Water Structure, Cistern | 9043 Nabataean, Unspecified |
| 21237 | 201 Agricultural Terrace | 9043 Nabataean, Unspecified |
| 21238 | 901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated) | 9043 Nabataean, Unspecified |
| 21239 | 838 Water Structure, Reservoir (Birket) | 9043 Nabataean, Unspecified |
| 21240 | 514 Settlement, No Fortifications (Village) | 9044 Roman, Early |
| 21241 | 901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated) | 9039 Hellenistic, Unspecified |
| 21242 | 901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated) | 9019 Early Bronze I |
| 21243 | 901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated) | 9027 Middle Bronze, Unspecified |
| 21244 | 901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated) | 9049 Byzantine, Unspecified |
| 21245 | 834 Water Structure, Aqueduct | 9043 Nabataean, Unspecified |
| 21246 | 514 Settlement, No Fortifications (Village) | 9033 Iron Age IIc |
| 21247 | 901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated) | 9033 Iron Age IIc |
| 21248 | 901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated) | 9059 Ottoman, Unspecified |
| 21249 | 827 Stele/Obelisque | 9006 Kebaran |
| 21250 | 514 Settlement, No Fortifications (Village) | 9043 Nabataean, Unspecified |
| 21251 | 807 Frescoes | 9043 Nabataean, Unspecified |
| 21252 | 799 Unspecified/Unknown Inscription | 9006 Kebaran |
| 21253 | 901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated) | 9045 Roman, Late |
| 21254 | 506 Fortress | 9053 Islamic, Ayyubid |
| 21255 | 901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated) | 9050 Islamic, Umayyad |
Site References:
| Primary Author | Date | Title |
| GLUECK N. | 1939 | Explorations in Eastern Palestine III , New Haven. (AASOR 18-19= EEP 3) |
| GLUECK N. | 1937 | Explorations in Eastern Palestine III |
| GLUECK N. | 1935 | Explorations in Eastern Palestine II , New Haven. (AASOR 15 = EEP 2) |
| HART S. & FALKNER R.K. | 1985 | Preliminary Report on a Survey in Edom, 1984 |
| LINDNER M. | 1973 | Eine archaologische Expedition nach Jordanien |
| MUSIL A. | 1908 | Arabia Petraea. I: Moab, II: Edom. Topographischer Reisebericht, Wien. |
| STARCKY J. | 1966 | Petra et la Nabatene |
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