The current excavation was conducted in the eastern part of the area slated for construction. Two excavation squares (A and B, each 4 × 5 m) were opened after the removal of a fill to a depth of c. 1.5 m.
 
Square A. Remains of a small-fieldstones construction, possibly the foundations of a wall or a floor, were revealed in the eastern and western parts of the square (L10, L11, exposed length of each c. 0.7 m, width c. 0.15 m, exposed height c. 0.15 m; Fig. 2). A concentration of small fieldstones, probably a floor foundation (L15) was found west of L10. Pottery sherds of a goblet (Fig. 3:9), a lamp (Fig. 3:10) and a steatite vessel (Fig. 3:12) dating to the Fatimid period (tenth–eleventh centuries CE) were found in the excavation square, down to the level of the floor foundation.
 
Square B. Two dressed fieldstones were discovered, probably the remains of a wall (W4; Fig. 4), which was oriented northeast–southwest and preserved to a height of one course. The date of the wall is not clear, however fragments of pottery vessels ascribed to the Fatimid period (tenth–eleventh centuries CE) were found above it: sgrafitto bowls (Fig. 3:1, 2), a cooking pot (Fig. 3:3), jars (Fig. 3:4, 5), jugs (Fig. 3:6, 7) and a flask (Fig. 3:8). In addition, ceramic wedges which were part of a kiln furniture (Fig. 3:13) and date to the Early Islamic period (ninth–eleventh centuries CE) were found. A lamp (Fig. 3:11) that dates to the Abbasid period (ninth–tenth centuries CE) was recovered from below the foundations of W4. An oval patch of white plaster (L5; diam. c. 0.3 m; Fig. 4), which may have been part of a floor foundation, was exposed east of the wall. Above the plaster were pottery sherds from the Fatimid period (tenth–eleventh centuries CE). 
 
Remains of a building from the Early Islamic period were exposed in the excavation, as were ceramic wedges, which suggest the presence of a potter’s kiln in the vicinity.