Artefacts of Excavation

Alternative site names:
Tell Dafana; Defenna; Tell Defeneh; Tell Defenneh; Tell Dafna; Tell Defenna; Tell Defenne; Tell Defenneh; Tell ed-Defenna; Daphnae (ancient Greek); Daphne; Tahpanhes; Tahapanes; Tehaphnehes

Arabic name: تلّ دفنة

Timeframe:
Temple (26th Dynasty); town (Ptolemaic Period)

Site description:

The garrison temple-town of Tell Dafana controlled the mercantile traffic on the Pelusiac branch of the Nile. Although some Greek pottery was recovered from the site, which Petrie interpreted as evidence for a possible Greek settlement, further study of the material culture from the site revealed that Egyptian manufactured material was more prominent.