Satellite imagery of 2007 shows that the map produced by Paul Buck in 1992 (below) is doubtless of this site, although it is labelled Tell Yusef (or Tell Jusef) and consequently was taken by Friedman & Buck to be the location of the great brick enclosure at Shon Yusef. It seems that the old name of the site was replaced on some maps by Tell Jusef, although the SCA official register still uses the name Baramkin. The latitude and longitude given by Friedman & Buck do not correspond to the mound at Baramkin/Tell Jusef, but to a point some 2km to the west, probably the location of the vanished enclosure of Shon Yusef. (The SCA publication of sites in Sharqiya locates Shon Yusef 2km west of Baramkin). More confusion is created by the account of Foucart in RT 20, where he places Shon Yusef mid-way between Diarb Nigm and Abu Shequq. This appears to be erroneous - it is possible he was looking at the similar brick enclosure at Sweni.

When Baramkin/Tell Yusef was visited by the Friedman & Buck survey on 6/25/92, the site was no more than about 100 metres N-S by 100 metres E-W, and consisted of a mound about 4 metres above the surrounding fields at its highest. The mound is roughly circular and is now topped by a modern cemetery.

On the west side of the present site there are about 15 large rectangular holes which seem to represent large rooms made of mudbrick. These were about 3-4 metres square and some were as deep as 3-4 metres. These structures may have been exposed by excavations of the EAO, but this conjecture awaits confirmation. No blocks of stone were seen. Pottery was not abundant, but could be found in many exposures around the site and especially on the east and south sides where a new mosque is presently under construction. Based on an inspection of thirty-one sherds, the site was definitely inhabited during the Saite/Persian and Roman periods. Some sherds may date to the New Kingdom or Third Intermediate Period and possibly earlier (Middle Kingdom?).