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University survey 1984: Alternative name Tell Farasha, as registered by
the SCA.
East part of tell
covered by village of Ez. Ali Suliman el-Maghud. Some of the west half
has been levelled to agriculture, creating a water-filled depression. SCA
excavations around this in 1971 and 1974 by M Mussalami and Abd el-Haqq
revealed part of a cemetery of the 2IP, with 11 tombs containing contracted
burials, orientated ENE-WSW. The W part of the cemetery was covered by
a LP building. Some Saite sherds noted. Remains of a large enclosure wall
noted, dated to GR period. Excavations were done for agricultural development.
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