Mapped
and described in 2003 by a team led by P. Wilson. The site has the usual
flat sides with a steep mound in the middle and a flat plateau on top.
At least 4 granite grindstones lie on the surface, which is covered in
pottery , broken red brick and glass. The slope on the southern side
of the site is less steep than the north, probably due to wind erosion,
and water gullies run down the sides of the tell. There is a football pitch
on a flatter area to the south and on the south-western side at the
side of the site there is a low platform of greyer mud., perhaps
a modern threshing area, but it may also represent an earlier feature
at the site. Pottery from the surface and from pits dug in the tell comprised
Nile Silt wares dating between the 4th-9thC AD. To view in Google Earth,TM
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Wilson, P., The West Delta Regional Survey, Beheira and Kafr el-Sheikh Provinces, 237-9, 473-7. |