The modern village of Yedi Kizlar is adjacent to and covers a portion of the southeastern lower town.

In 2014, the geophysical survey was continued (totaling 30 hectares by seasons end) augmented by surface sherd collection.

Five trenches on the upper mound found three phases of Mitanni occupation including a cylinder seal.

A trench on the south slope of the upper mound revealed two Middle Bronze phases with the lower firmly Old Babylonian period.

Continued geophysical work located a monumental Middle Bronze temple in the lower town which was confirmed by test excavation.

In 2022 a 19 x 4 meter trench was excavated on the high mound north slope on a large Middle Bronze building showing signs of having been burnt.

The NSF funded project investigates the social processes that led to the rapid growth of the Middle Bronze Age city.

[13] Results from the 2024 season confirm the presence of a lower-town palace based upon well-preserved monumental architecture and evidence for administrative activities such as cylinder sealings, a game board, and three cuneiform tablets.

Excavations in a residential district northwest of the high mound also revealed glimpses of everyday life in the ancient northern Mesopotamian city.

[15] The other two tablets were found in an administrative context alongside cylinder sealings and storage vessels bearing identical pre-fired pot marks.

We arrived [in Ekallatum], and Isme-Dagan [spoke to us] as follows: He (said), ‘5 hundred troops of Gur-gurrum attacked [the land] of Ardigandi and looted [its villages].