Tell Abu Hawam

Tell Abu Hawam is the site of a small city established in the Late Bronze Age (circa 1600 BCE) in the area of modern-day Haifa, Israel.

as being located "between the bay and the promontory of Zeus", by the latter meaning the northwestern extremity of Mount Carmel.

It existed as a port city and a fishing village, and was moved[when?]

[dubious – discuss][citation needed] The site was excavated by a British expedition from 1929 to 1933.

[2] During the 1929-1933 British excavations, a black-glazed bowl of the "fish-plate" type was uncovered, featuring a Phoenician graffito scratched on its underside.