Kasr el-Banat (Faiyum)

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Kasr el-Banat (Faiyum)

Alternative site names:

Qasr el-Banat

Site description:

The Roman town consisted of houses often with plastered wall with storerooms. There is a brick temple dedicated to Sobek and Isis to the west of the town and a cemetery to the southwest of the town.

Type of site:

Town; temple; cemetery

Timeframe:

Town (Ptolemaic-Roman); temple (Ptolemaic-Roman); cemetery (Ptolemaic-Roman).

Relevant publications:

Grenfell, Bernard P. and Arthur S. Hunt 1899. Graeco-Roman branch: excavations for papyri in the Fayum; the position of Lake Moeris. Archaeological Report (Egypt Exploration Fund) (1898-1899), 8-15.

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