Archaeological site, reduced in size by agricultural encroachment. Old excavation trenches are visible. Formerly known as Tell Qanan. Visited by the EES Delta Survey in 1990: the large low mound rises up to 3m above field level behind the village of Ezbet es-Shurafa. There are a few weathered modern graves on the low slope at the south. Few red bricks on surface, with coarse silt pottery and pieces of quartzite and siltstone. Excavations by Hamdi Yusef found Roman pottery in upper level and Old Kingdom burials at greater depth. Later seasons produced Late Predynastic and Archaic pottery and stone vases from graves. Egypt Exploration Society Delta Survey no. 172.
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