The ancient town was not compactly planned, but have grown in fife main groups and twp small isolated buildings. The three rock-cut water cistern supplied town with water. To dating the site is difficult. One Nabatean style inscription and one grave inscription could be date to 71-72 AD.
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- Howard Crosby Butler:eds: Syria: publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria in 1904 - 5 and 1909 (Div. 2, Sect. A ; 2) Ancient architecture in Syria : Section A, Southern Syria ; Part 2, 1909, pp. 94-99
- Piero Gilento, « Ancient architecture in the village of Umm al-Surab, Northern Jordan », Syria [En ligne], 92 | 2015, mis en ligne le 01 juin 2017, consulté le 25 octobre 2020. URL : http://journals.openedition.org/syria/3139 ; DOI : https://doi.org/10.4000/syria.3139
- Piero Gilento, "Umm as-Surab," in ACTECH, 15/12/2017, https://actech.hypotheses.org/umm-as-surab.