Tel Haror

[2] The extensive MBIII fortified city of Tel Haror was enclosed by an elaborate system of earthen ramparts fronted by a deep ditch.

[3] Within the city a sacred precinct was excavated, including a migdol temple that contained numerous remains of animal sacrifice, as well as cultic pottery, some of it imported.

[citation needed] An unprecedented find was the skeleton of a ritually interred juvenile donkey with a metal horse bit in association with its teeth and saddlebag fastenings on its back, in the site's Middle Bronze Age III (1700/1650-1550 BCE) sacred precinct.

While donkey remains from this period are not unknown, the animal's young age, complete condition, and context all suggest it was a sacrificial offering.

[5] Archaeologist Anson Rainey proposed Tel Haror as the site of the fortress of Sharuhen, known from ancient Egyptian sources.