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All objects recovered during excavation were brought to the Yarmouk University conservation laboratories for cleaning and identification.  Nearly intact or fractured objects, but identified as complete in the field, include: one copper alloy coin, three copper alloy bracelets, one silver finger ring, one copper alloy earring, one copper alloy bell, four beads, three Cowrie shells, three glass vases, four beads, one stone projectile point, and one restored glass cup.  Comparison of the tomb types and the objects found within them suggests that all of the horizontal shaft tombs date to the Late Roman period.

At the request of the landowners, the tomb doors were blocked with stones and the entrances filled with earth at the end of the field season.  As these tombs are being looted on a daily basis, the excavation and salvage of both objects and skeletal remains should continue.  This site has yet to develop any tourist potential.

Glass Cup Unearthed in Tomb 46