Talit (Faiyum)

Site description:

The site is located in the south of the Faiyum. The cemetery from the late Ptolemaic period runs along a ridge east to west about 2 kilometres from the town.

Type of site:

Town; cemetery

Timeframe:

Town (Graeco-Roman Period); cemetery (Graeco-Roman Period).

Excavation season:

Relevant publications:

Grenfell, Bernard P. and Arthur S. Hunt 1902. Graeco-Roman branch. Archaeological Report (Egypt Exploration Fund) (1901-1902), 2-5.

Kirby, Christopher and Dominic Rathbone 1996. Kom Talit: the rise and fall of a Greek town in the Faiyum. Egyptian Archaeology 8, 29-31.