Tel Ertal is a high mound on the banks of the Jordan near the village of Rupin in the Beit Shan Valley. The site controls the crossings of the Jordan. According to the amount of mounds in the vicinity of this passage, which is well documented in the British survey as el esh Sheikh Daud, it was particularly important, especially during the Bronze, Iron and Persian periods. The mound was not excavated but was surveyed in the past. Evidence of settlement from the periods: Early Bronze, Intermediate Bronze, Middle Bronze II, Late Bronze, Iron I, Iron II, Persian, and Hellenistic periods were found in the mound. The settlement in the Tel was probably used for administrative, state or military purposes.