blackish partly baked tablets (disposition unclear) were found, two with a date of Achaemenid Empire king Darius. No transcriptions or translations of epigraphy were reported. Three bathtub shaped terracotta coffins were found.

In 1965 the site (as EP-172) was examined as part of the Southern Margins of Sumer Survey. It wasdescribed as being 390 meters by 310 meters and 13 meters in height. Air photograph showed town wall. Occupationwas described as Early Dynastic