| Inspected
and mapped by Penny Wilson or the Delta Survey
in 2004-5, who reported as cited below:
See also Wilson, P., The West Delta Regional Survey, Beheira and Kafr el-Sheikh Provinces, 109-116, 341-5. This is a low hillock, lying S of Kom el-Daba el-Bahari and at its highest point above the surrounding fields about 8m high. It has few distinctive features but has gently sloping sides up to a high point in the centre of the hill. To the south-western side there is a cleared flat area which may once have been part of the original mound, but seems to be being brought under agriculture. Plans of houses can be seen on the north-eastern side of the mound slope near the top. Pottery material has been dredged from the bottom of the deeper ditches around the mound area. The surface is evenly covered in potsherds, red brick fragments and there is a noticeably greater amount of finer ware sherds mixed in; there are also some red orthoquartzite fragments on the surface. A mapping and drill-core
survey was carried out in 2005. A core on the west side of the site showed
that the tell was formed silt deposited on top of the hill.
This material was compact, and contained a few pottery fragments,
but these may have been redeposited from the north mound. A a depth between
3.5 and 4m, the blue-grey compact silt contained some large pottery fragments.
This layer was upon a layer decayed organic matter, suggesting that there
was a marsh or swamp here, or a channel.
The two pictures at the bottom of the table, taken in Autumn 2005, show more vegetation than on the others, owing to the wetter season. |
Selection of photographs
from a collection of images taken by Dr Penny Wilson in 2004-5. (Copies
of others kept at the EES).
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