A large archaeological site set in cultivated land. Visited for EES survey in 2001. The NE edge of the mound is only 1m above cultivation level and has been cut by new fields. There are elevated ridges along the north and south, with a lower area in the centre. At the SW it drops to a very low level. A few houses lie on the east edge. On top, two eroded red granite columns of Romano-Coptic age are visible and five circular granite millstones lie near the north side. Few sherds visible, those noted included a coarse rim of the 4th-5th century BC, a slipped rim of the Third Intermediate Period and a New-Kingdom bowl rim. The Munich survey of 1966 reported no surface sherds seen earlier than Middle Kingdom. Egypt Exploration Society Delta Survey no. 296.
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