Talit (Faiyum)
Timeframe:
Town (Graeco-Roman Period); cemetery (Graeco-Roman Period).
Town (Graeco-Roman Period); cemetery (Graeco-Roman Period).
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.
Bibliography
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.