This site is identified with the ancient Herakleopolis parva. See the Lexikon der Agyptologie entry for this town and that for 'Sethroe', the name of the nome-capital in the Late Roman Period, thought to be identical with Tell Belim / Herakleopolis. There are two high points of the mound, the tallest of which rises nearly 12 metres above the surrounding land and consists of a dump containing Ptolemaic pottery. The size of the site is approximately 1000 x 500 metres, but was once much larger. At the west end of the site is a low area where a pharaonic temple was located. The site was mapped in September 2000 by the EES Delta Survey and the temple area excavated by the British Museum in Spring 2002. Egypt Exploration Society Delta Survey no. 198
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