[2] The town is often mentioned in Ancient Egyptian texts and was the place for a temple for Sobek.

From an inscription found at the Wadi Hammamat it seems certain that the place was at the Southern border of the Fourth Upper Egyptian nome.

The ruins of a temple of Sobek were discovered in Naga' Awlad Dahmash (Rizeiqat), which could thus be the ancient Iu-miteru.

[4] In the Second Intermediate Period, the Temple of Sobek at Iumiteru meaning Island on the River, saw attention from Sobekhotep Amenemhat.

[6] Another title known from the site is Man of Iumutru (s n jw-mjtrw) named Neferhotep.