As part of a joint project executed by Yarmouk University and the University of Paris (I) as well as the French National Center for Scientific Research, the team of the Department of Archeology at the Faculty of Archeology and Anthropology at Yarmouk University completed the second excavation stage at Umm Al Sarb site in Mafraq governorate. The director of Yarmouk’s team, Dr. Khalid Al-Bashayra, pointed out that the archaeological excavations for the second stage of 2019 lasted for three weeks (12-31 / 10/2019). He stated that the project included training master students of the team on the excavation and archaeological documentation of the site, thus preparing them to use (Total Station) gadget in the cadastral applications and provide a preliminary reading of the pottery discovered. Likewise, Dr. Maan Amoush, an associate professor of Islamic archeology, pointed out that Ayyubid and Mamluk Islamic pottery (handmade (HMPW), as well as glazed, Byzantine, and Roman pottery discovered in the second season of 2019) indicates the excellence of the site of Umm al-Sirb in terms of settlement during such periods.

Noteworthy that the various archaeological finds will be studied and analyzed in the coming period. They will be borrowed from the Directorate of Archeology of Mafraq to be linked with the results and data of previous projects. This will help clarify the nature of the intensive settlement witnessed in the excavation area at the site of Umm al-Sarb, thus inspiring the team to continue planning for field work in the future. However, the team of Yarmouk University included the field technician Mousa Serbel, photographer Hussein Dibajeh, students Wassim Jaradat and Heba Abu Dalu from the Department of Archeology and a representative of the Department of Archeology of Mafraq Antiquities Office Mohammed Al-Zahed. The French team was represented by Dr. Pierre-Marie Blanc, Dr. Pierre Jilento, Dr. Apolin Vernet, and Dr. Gurgen Davtian.