During December 1998, a trial excavation was conducted east of Yad Benyamin (License No. B-168/1998; map ref. NIG 184403–08/634000–05; OIG 134403–08/134000–05), at the bottom a trench for a water pipe. The excavation, undertaken on behalf of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, was directed by D. Weinblatt Krauz(surveying, photography and drawing).