Hacınebi Tepe covers an area of about 3.3 hectares and was excavated from 1992 until 1997 by a joint Sanliurfa Museum and Northwestern University team led by Gil Stein and Adnan Misir.

[5] A large number of lithic remains were found, including Canaanean blades, with different styles reflecting the local and Uruk populations.

[7][8][9] Other Uruk finds included Beveled rim bowls and bitumen dipped baked clay wall cones.

[11][12] A single fragmentary slab at the Uruk site of Hacınebi has been proposed as a numerical tablet, a predecessor of Proto-cuneiform.

[14] In the Hellenistic level a large mudbrick building and defensive fortifications were excavated and finds included a coin of Alexander the Great.

[15] While a few Ubaid period and Pre-Pottery Neolithic B ceramic shards were found primary occupation of the site began in the 4th millennium BC.