A foundation layer of small fieldstones (L102; thickness 0.4–0.5 m; Figs. 1, 2) was exposed c. 1.3 m below surface. The foundation layer was deposited on a layer of dark hamra soil (thickness 0.1 m), which overlaid a clean sandy layer devoid of finds. Medium-sized fieldstones and wadi pebbles that had been placed on top of the foundation layer were exposed in the southwestern half of the square.
Fragments of pottery vessels that dated to the Early Islamic period (eighth–tenth centuries CE) were recovered from the foundation layer, including bowls (Fig. 3:1, 2), a krater decorated with band combing (Fig. 3:3), a buff-ware jug (Fig. 3:4) and a jug handle decorated with a flattened button-like plastic ornamentation (Fig. 3:5).
Among the discovered animal bones were those of sheep and goat (N=19), domesticated horse (N=16), cattle (N=3) and an unidentified fowl (N=1), as well as the burial of a bovine head (Fig. 4).