Inspected for the Survey in April 2011 by Patricia and Jeffrey Spencer. The asphalt road to this site runs along the east side of a canal; there is an alternative road on the west side, but this (in 2011) had a dirt surface. The two roads meet at a bridge close to the mound. To the south, these merged roads continue to Sidi Ghazi and Kom el-Ahmar (EES 99). On the edge of the kom beside the road is a large water-station, to the north of which are some pits from tests made by the SCA, but the reminder of the site is undisturbed and quite clean of modern rubbish (there is no village nearby). The mound rises to a high central part which is coloured red from surface sherds. Those observed were Roman red-slipped wares and ribbed cooking vessels. Some building outlines in mud-brick are visible. The level falls to the north where the sherd cover is largely absent. The surface in this area is brown mud, varying in shade from light to dark.
 
 

View to the north from the highest part of the mound	The lower part of the mound at the north
Surface with old test-pits, partly refilled, north of the water-station	Recent (2011) test-pits beside the water-station