Tayibe
طيبة
الطيبة (مرجعيون)
Village
Posters on Tayibe village walls after the 2006 Lebanon War
Posters on Tayibe village walls after the 2006 Lebanon War
Map showing the location of Tayibe within Lebanon
Map showing the location of Tayibe within Lebanon
Tayibe
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°16′35″N 35°31′14″E / 33.27639°N 35.52056°E / 33.27639; 35.52056
Grid position198/297 PAL
Country Lebanon
GovernorateNabatieh Governorate
DistrictMarjeyoun District
Elevation
660 m (2,170 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code+961
Tayibe
Et Taibeh
Alternative nameEt Tayibe
Location2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of the Litani River
History
PeriodsHeavy Neolithic
CulturesQaraoun culture
Site notes
ArchaeologistsLouis Dubertret and Jacques Cauvin
Public accessUnknown

Tayibe, Et Tayibe or Et Taibeh is a village in the Marjeyoun District in south Lebanon.

Name

According to E. H. Palmer, the name Tayibe means "The good, sweet, or wholesome" (about water).[1]

Archaeological site

By the village is a Heavy Neolithic archaeological site of the Qaraoun culture.[2][3]

The site was discovered by Louis Dubertret and materials studied by Jacques Cauvin. Heavy Neolithic materials recovered resembled those from Qaraoun.[3]

History

In 1875, Victor Guérin found here a village with 800 Metualis.[4] He further noted: "Its principal mosque, now in ruins, is built of superb blocks, apparently ancient. It contains in the interior several monolithic columns."[5]

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) noted here: "There are several sarcophagi and cisterns in the village ; some caves near."[6] They further described it as: "A large well-built village, built of stone, containing about 600 Metawileh and 400 [Sunni] Moslems. The Caimacam has a good house here. There are some figs and olives round the village and arable land; water is supplied from a spring and two birkets."[7]

Modern era

On August 5, during the 2006 Lebanon War, Israeli war-planes killed 3 civilians, aged 2 to 48 years of age. The IDF offered no explanations to the strike.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Palmer, 1881, p. 33
  2. ↑ Moore, A.M.T. (1978). The Neolithic of the Levant. Oxford University, Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis. pp. 444–446.
  3. 1 2 L. Copeland; P. Wescombe (1966). Inventory of Stone-Age Sites in Lebanon: North, South and East-Central Lebanon, p. 53. Impr. Catholique. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  4. ↑ Guérin, 1880, pp. 268-269
  5. ↑ Guérin, 1880, pp. 268-269; as given in Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 139
  6. ↑ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 139
  7. ↑ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 90
  8. ↑ HRW, 2007, p. 131

Bibliography

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