El-Tod (Arabic: طود aṭ-Ṭūd, from Coptic: ⲧⲟⲟⲩⲧ or ⲧⲁⲩⲧ, Ancient Egyptian: Ḏrty, lit.

A granite pillar of the Fifth dynasty pharaoh, Userkaf, is the oldest object found at El-Tod.

[9] As part of the Thebaid, the area also saw the worship of Sebak (Sobek), the Egyptian crocodile god.

[4][15] Some sources posit that the treasure is of Asiatic origin and that some of it, in fact, was manufactured in Iran (the latter as claimed by Roger Moorey).

A similar conclusion is drawn on the origin of the silverware based on evidence obtained from relative analysis of the metallic constituents.