Archaeological Sites of the Nile Delta: Page 18
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| Name | Location |
|
Extent | No. | Notes | Literature |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheikh Ibrahim, K | 10km N of Buto | 31 16 51N
30 45 06E |
|
244 | Mapped and described by a team led by P Wilson in 2003. The site is a long and narrow from north to south, with the main mound at the north end and a second mound at the south. The edges of the tell are flat, elevated about 1m above the fields. Details | SoE 1:100,000 (1916); ESA 1:50,000 NH36-M2c and NH36-M2d. SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090125. See Wilson, P. and Spencer, N., “Ancient sites of Beheira and Kafr es-Sheikh”, in EA 24 (Spring 2004), 10-11. |
| Sheikh Ismail, K el-
(K Abu Ismail) |
NE of Desuq | 31 14 41N
30 42 09E |
|
251 | DAI test 1983: Ptolemaic and Roman material
noted. ESA 1996 map marks site as Tell Kafri [ruins], with name Kom Abu
Ismail in parentheses.
Mapped by P Wilson in 2003. Details |
SoE 1:100,000 (1916); ESA 1:50,000 (1996) map NH 36-M2a. SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090168 (as Kom Ismail). |
| Sheikh Nabawi, T | NW of Abu Kebir | 30 46 59N
31 38 39E |
|
559 | Amsterdam University survey of 1984-5 reported the site was covered by modern graves. No visible features or sherds. It stands in fields. | SoE 1:25,000 series, 89/675; Brink, MDAIK 43 (1986), 7ff. |
| Sheikh Nasreddin, T | N of Dundit | 30 41 29N
31 18 30E |
|
508 | Roman site located at the north end of Dundit village. Visited by Friedman-Buck survey 1992. Some mudbrick architecture on NE side. Area of 3 feddans was demolished for land fill in 1912, as reported by Edgar. Details | PM IV, 39; Edgar ASAE 13 (1913), 122-4. |
| Sheikh Said Ahmed, K | 8km W of Dilingat | 30 50 46N
30 27 10E |
(2006) |
632 | A low mound, edges cut fairly straight by advance of the fields, clear of overbuildng. Some coarse vegetation cover. One area used as a football pitch? Once extended further to the west. | SCA Beheira register no. 100244. SoE 1:100,000 (1916) map. On sketch map by Coulson, in Brink, Archaeology of the Nile Delta, 260. |
| Sheikh Said , T es- | 7km S of Abu Kebir | 30 39 30N
30 40 25E |
(2004) levelled |
680 | Formerly a rectangular mound in the cultivation, clear in the centre but covered by modern tombs at each end and along the W edge. The mound has been erased since 2004. | SCA Sharqiya register 13050075. |
| Sheikh Soliman, T el- | SW of Abu Hummus | 31 03 40N
30 13 45E |
|
699 | A small mound covered by a modern cemetery and village. | SCA Beheira register no. 100130. |
| Sherif Khalaf, T | E of Kafr ed-Dauwar | 31 08 27N
30 11 02E |
|
636 | This site is now overbuilt by houses and nothing can be easily seen of the any archaeological material. The area was visited by Penny Wilson in 2004. Details | SCA Beheira register no. 100136. Wilson, P., The West Delta Regional Survey, Beheira and Kafr el-Sheikh Provinces, 98, 332-4. |
| Sherifa, Tulul esh- | Central N coast | 31 24 45N
31 26 45E |
|
142 | New fields have been set out at this location. | - |
| Shimuli, K el- | S of Damanhur | 30 52 19N
30 25 58E |
(2006) |
442 | Not shown on the ESA 1996 1:50,000 map (Hosh Isa sheet). A grass-covered kom, with gentle undulating topography. Visited by Neal Spencer in 2004. Details and photo. | SCA Beheira register no. 100243. (Location on SCA map transposed with SCA 10020, our 444). SoE 1:100,000 (1916). On map by Coulson, in Brink, Archaeology of the Nile Delta, 260. |
| Shiriq, K | Kom Shiriq, W of Tala | 30 39 12N
30 47 15E |
|
34 | Shown as a village only on SoE 1916 map and on ESA 1996 map NH36-I5b. Ancient site completely overbuilt by modern town. | SoE 1:100,000 (1916); ESA 1996 1:50,000 map NH36-I5b. |
| Shok, Kiman es- | Central N coast | 31 29 30N
31 16 40E |
|
134 | Former multiple mound group. Area subjected to land reclamation. There are some mound remnants at 31 29 34N 31 16 24E. | - |
| Shoka, K el- | SW of Damanhur | 30 59 18N
30 26 09E |
|
441 | Site seen from the road by Penny Wilson in 2004. The mound has a modern cemetery on it. | SCA Beheira register no. 100112. SoE 1:100,000 (1916). Wilson, P., The West Delta Regional Survey, Beheira and Kafr el-Sheikh Provinces, 187. |
| Shon Yusef | 10km S of Simbellawein | 30 47 13N
31 26 10E |
|
312 | Perhaps ancient Ta-shunet-Ra. Described by Foucart as a mud-brick enclosure of 600 x 400m with parts of wall standing up to 11m high. Completely levelled to fields before 1910. Details | Foucart, RT 20 (1898), 162-3; id., ASAE 2 (1901), 48-9. |
| Shubra Hor | 3km WSW of T. Baqliya | 30 54 20N
31 23 20E |
overbuilt |
522 | Three red granite fragments of a monumental chapel of Nectanebo I, found at a farm near town of this name, present location unknown. | Habachi ASAE 531(955), 465-6, fig. 15-19 |
| Shuhada, T el- | 3km SW of Abu Kebir | 30 41 44N
31 42 59E |
(1984) |
585 | Listed in Amsterdam University 1984 survey. Partly levelled. NK, Ptolemaic? and Romano-Coptic sherds noted. Satellite imagery (2005) shows a small clear area of the site at the NW edge of the village. | SCA Sharqiya register 13050103. Brink, in MDAIK 43 (1986), 20, 23. |
| Shuhada, K el- | 4 km N of Zawiyet Razin | 30 26 41N
30 51 43E |
|
41 | A Coptic mound covered by a modern cemetery. Joanne Rowland attempted to find the site in 2006, but found instead a cultivated area with pottery at Sansaft, further west. Details | Daressy, ASAE 12, 201-2. |
| Shuwan, T el- | E of Tell Rak | 30 53 00N
31 49 21E |
(2007) |
570 | Amsterdam University survey of 1984-5 reported that the site was founded on a gezira and covered by dense vegetation. In the SCA list the site is called Athar es-Shun. Details | SCA Sharqiya register 13120035. SoE 1:25,000 series, 90/690; Brink, MDAIK43 (1986), 7ff., 22. |
| Sida, K es- | E of Fuwa | 31 17 20N
30 34 40E |
|
235 | A small village on the remnants of a mound. Lies west of a larger settlement on the other side of a canal. | ESA map NH36-M2c of 1996 (Ez. es-Saadah). |
| Sidi Abd er-Raziq, K | S of Abu Hummus | 30 59 41N
30 20 19E |
(2007) |
437 | A village on an ancient site, with a modern cemetery on a mound at the south end. | SCA Beheira register no. 100140. SoE 1:100,000 (1916). |
| Sidi Ahmed el Tawil | E of Dahtamun | 30 41 00N
31 46 15E |
|
587 | Listed by the Amsterdam University Survey 1984-5 as having been partly levelled to cultivation. NK and Saite sherds noted. Site completely levelled to fields by 2006. | Brink, in MDAIK 43 (1986), 20. |
| Sidi Ambar | E of K el-Hisn | 30 48 05N
30 43 12E |
|
29 | Only cultivated fields show on satellite imagery (2004) of this location. | - |
| Sidi Aqaba | 17km SSE of Rosetta | 31 15 14N
30 27 57E |
(2004) |
618 | This site was probably once one mound but now consists of three separate small hills covered by a cemetery, with an excavated depression lying in the centre. Visited by Penny Wilson in 2004. Details and photos. | SCA Beheira register no. 100141.
SoE 1:100,000 (1916). Wilson, P., The West Delta Regional Survey, Beheira and Kafr el-Sheikh Provinces, 171-2, 387-9. |
| Sidi Ghazi | 10km S of Kafr ed-Dauwar | 31 02 41N
30 05 06E |
|
619 | Visited by Penny Wilson in 2004: most of site has been levelled under the village. A small mound remnant of 90 x 55m exists at the NW edge of the town, at 31 02 46N 30 05 22E. | SCA Beheira register no. 100142.
SoE 1:100,000 (1916), beside the village of Zawiyet Sidi Ghazi. Wilson, P., The West Delta Regional Survey, Beheira and Kafr el-Sheikh Provinces, 58-9, id., 2010, 121. |
| Sidi Goma, T | SW of Abu Hummus | 30 58 50N
30 10 39E |
|
414 | There is a small village here, probably built over a small mound. Some of the mound is clear at the NW of the settlement. | SCA Beheira register no. 100226. SoE 1:100,000 (1916). ESA 1996 map NH36-I4c. |
| Sidi Gum, T | E of Simbellawein | 30 53 12N
31 31 52E |
|
339 | Italian survey 1987-8: Roman sherds scattered up to 300m away. Destroyed by cultivation and Islamic cemetery. The 1:25,000 map grid coordinates given by Fattovich should be corrected to 908.4N 665.8E. | Fattovich Report of 1987 Field Season, (unpub. MS), 15; Chlodnicki and Fattovich in CRIPEL 14 (1992), 45-53; id., map in Brink NDIT, 173. |
| Sidi Hineish | E of Itayai el-Barud | 30 51 05N
30 43 35E |
|
18 | Visit to the area by S R Snape for the EES in 1996 could not locate any ancient mound. Only cultivated fields show on satellite imagery (2005) of this location. | SoE 1:25,000 map 90/585 |
| Sidi Salem, T | N of Tida | 31 16 08N
30 49 32E |
|
282 | A large mound, all Roman to Byzantine on the surface. Surveyed and mapped by P. Wilson in 2004. Drill-cores taken in the 2010 survey by Robert Schiestl showed the whole depth of the mound to be Roman and later. Details and photos. | SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090153. SoE 1:25,000 series, 95/585; Spencer, SA 14 (1992), 538; P Ballet & T von der Way, MDAIK 49 (1993), 16-17, Fig. 8, nos. 51-56; P. Wilson and J. Rowland in JEA 92 (2006), 10. |
| Sidi Yusef | Abu Hummus | 31 06 00N
30 14 59E |
180 x 160 x 4m | 647 | Visited by Penny Wilson in 2005: a small mound overbuilt by a modern cemetery, beside the main Alexandria - Cairo road. Details and photos. | SCA Beheira register no. 100143. See P. Wilson and J. Rowland in JEA 92 (2006), 9. Wilson, P., The West Delta Regional Survey, Beheira and Kafr el-Sheikh Provinces, 99-100. |
| Sidi Zeid | N of Tanta | 30 58 30N
30 55 59E |
(2006) |
15 | The mound is partly occupied by a modern cemetery around a Sheikh’s tomb on the top, and is crossed by many tracks. There are a few modern buildings on the southern edge. | SCA Gharbiya register no. 080201 (Abu Zeid). |
| Siheil, K | S of Abu Hummus | 31 04 20N
30 18 15E |
(2005) |
383 | Mound cut to an irregular shape by fields. N and S ends overbuilt by houses, central area clear with undulating small mounds. | Maybe the same as SCA Beheira register no. 100145 ? (Soheib). SoE 1:100,000 (1916). |
| Silvagou | 2 km SW of K Firin | 30 51 36N
30 28 52E |
(2005) |
459 | Site of a cemetery with dynasty 26 burials, dug by SCA. Cemetery of 5-10 feddan subject of several excavation seasons. Details | Coulson & Leonard, COD I: Naukratis, 73-100. On sketch map by Coulson, in Brink, Archaeology of the Nile Delta, 260. |
| Sintiris | E of Abu Kebir | 30 43 50N
31 43 00E |
|
560 | Amsterdam University survey 1984-5 was unable to discover the exact location of this site, situated in an orchard on the position of a former tell. Details | SoE 1:25,000 series, 89/675; Brink, MDAIK 43 (1986), 7ff. , with table on p.23. |
| Sousta, T | Near El-Shuhada |
|
471 | SCA work 1983-4: Roman houses and a bath complex. | Leclant and Clerc, Orientalia 55 (1986), 342. | |
| Soweq el Gamaya, T | N of Lake Burullos | 31 34 47N
30 59 13E |
|
606 | A mound on the south coast of the Baltim bar, erased since 2007. | SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090151 (as Soweq el Gowme'ah). The 1:100,000 SoE map (1916) marks this site at the location given by the SCA GIS Project for Tell el-Adowel (SCA 090131), no. 556 of the EES Survey. |
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