Kasr el-Banat (Faiyum)
Alternative site names:
Qasr el-Banat
Qasr el-Banat
Timeframe:
Town (Ptolemaic-Roman); temple (Ptolemaic-Roman); cemetery (Ptolemaic-Roman).
Town (Ptolemaic-Roman); temple (Ptolemaic-Roman); cemetery (Ptolemaic-Roman).
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.
Bibliography
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.