Talk:Kasla, Jerusalem

Photos
All of the photos here have been mis-identified. I think due to my mis-translation of מסרק. The main photo is of Ras Abu 'Ammar according to the caption given in the Palmach archive. The caption for the first photo in the gallery google translates as "back to her horse". The remaining four are of Beit Mahsir. Padres Hana (talk) 15:30, 21 October 2017 (UTC)
 * The caption for the Ras Abu 'Ammar photo in the Palmach archive refers to it being opposite Beit Jala. Harel 6th Battalion volume 3 album 6/23. Which is why I think it is more authentic.Padres Hana (talk) 15:36, 21 October 2017 (UTC)
 * The caption for the photo with the jeep doesn't mention Kasla. "back to her horse" Padres Hana (talk) 18:37, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

Gallery
The remaining four photos in the gallery are complete misidentifications. No explanation. Many apologies. Moving to Bayt Mahsir. Padres Hana (talk) 20:16, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

Kasla = Chesalon?
Ok, lets look at the sources:



This is about a cave (map ref. 20417/63218; ie here), with remnants from the Roman time, possibly from people hiding during the First Jewish–Roman War(66–73 CE) or Bar Kokhba Revolt (132–136 CE) And the article states: "Evidently, those who sought shelter in this cave were from one of the Jewish settlements close by, perhaps from the nearby settlement of Kesalon. Kesalon is mentioned in a document from Wadi Murabba‘at that dates to the first century CE, attesting to the existence of a Jewish settlement there during this period"
 * BUT: it does not states where Kesalon was located


 * The Conder 1879(!) articel discuss if Kiriath-jearim was located at Kurid el 'Anah (=Abu Ghosh)


 * The Israel Finkelstein et al archeological excavations; Excavations at Kiriath-jearim, 2019: Preliminary Report are also from Abu Ghosh.

So we have two facts: there are remants from the Roman era here, (in the Khirbat el-Mitraz-cave), and Kesalon/Chesalon existed at least in the same era; in the first century CE.

BUT: I fail to see any archeological evidence that Kesalon/Chesalon existed here, at Kasla? (Unlike at Abu Ghosh, where they "have shown that the site flourished in the Iron IIB-C, Hellenistic and Early Roman periods")

Hence, I think we should not mention it in the lead, when, AFAIK, there is zero archeological evidence that  Biblical Kesalon/Chesalon  was located here. Comments? Huldra (talk) 22:17, 6 February 2022 (UTC)


 * I see the identification in a number of better places, such as Tsafrir p103 and Abel (you have it) p299. They don't discuss sub-kilometer precision, but that's true for most localities. Zerotalk 03:00, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, since SWP placed it here, many have said the same. It doesn't change the fact that there have been no (AFAIK) archeological evidence for it, though.
 * And I think the Conder and Finkelstein refs should go; they are basically about Abu Ghosh, and they do not say that Chesalon was located here, Huldra (talk) 20:43, 7 February 2022 (UTC)