[1] Tell Abu al-Kharaz is situated on a strategic point, approximately one kilometer north to where the perennial stream of Wadi al-Yabis enters the Jordan Valley.

[2] Archaeological evidence demonstrates that the oldest town from the Early Bronze Age around 3000 BCE was the largest.

These items have been identified as cylindrical jars, and mace heads coming from Predynastic Egypt (Naqada IIIB).

This type of pottery was most likely produced locally on-site, but it is also present at several other sites in the Jordan Valley and nearby areas.

Botanical remains discovered at the compound include pomegranates, olives, figs, grapes, flax and emmer among others.

Many scholars have preferred to identify Jabesh with Tell el-Maqlub, located further to the east on Wadi al-Yabis.