| Noted
in 1900 as a 'mound of sebakh of no importance'. Former size of 250 x 80
metres and 3m high. In list of Amsterdam University survey, see Van den
Brink, 1986. Some OK sherds noted.
Polish work began in 2008, directed by Mariusz A Jucha. The mound at this time was still relatively intact and rises 3-4m over the fields. At the NE, mud brick structures associated with Old Kingdom pottery were found. To the SW were other brick-built remains dating to Naqada III. The chronology of the site seems to be from early Predynastic to about the sixth dynasty. Satellite imagery
(2006) shows a surviving mound with an elevated core and lower edges, particularly
to the south and west. On the top at the north end are distinct lines in
a grid pattern, the remains of excavation trenches cut by the SCA. To view
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