Labweh (Arabic: اللبوة), Laboué, Labwe or Al-Labweh is a village at an elevation of 950 metres (3,120 ft) on a foothill of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains in Baalbek District, Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon.
[7] Labweh in the original Syriac tongue means "heart" or "center", it also has been suggested to come from the Arabic for "lion" or "lioness".
Labweh is at the foot of the range of Anti-Libanus on the top of a hillock, near which passes a small stream which has its source in the adjoining mountains, and after flowing for several hours through the plain, falls into the basin from which springs the Orontes.
It then cascades into a lake and wider stream at another village called Er-Ras, considered to be the source of the Orontes.
[10][11] Soundings and analysis of archaeological sites in Labweh were made by Lorraine Copeland and Peter Wescombe in 1966 with later excavations by Diana Kirkbride in 1969.
Other shards included jars and bowls of a black, brown, or red colour, one showed a straw wiped finish normally found in sites further South in the Jordan Valley.
[13] Flints were similar to those found at Tell Ramad and included Byblos points, hooks, scrapers, borers and burins.