Excavated Late Iron Age graves at al-Bustan, Oman. Left: excavated, right: prior to excavation.
Aerial view of excavated Late Iron Age graves at al-Bustan.
Al Bustān
البستان | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| Country |  Oman |
| Governorate | Muscat Governorate |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (Oman Standard Time) |
| Bandar Al Rowdha East Breakwater Lighthouse | |
| Foundation | concrete base |
| Construction | metal post |
| Height | 7 m (23 ft)  |
| Shape | cylindrical post[1] |
| Focal height | 9 m (30 ft) |
| Range | 3 nmi (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl(2) R 5s |
Al Bustān (Arabic: البستان) is a village in Muscat, in eastern Oman.[2] (23°34'15.02"; 58°36'32.70"E, 8 m altitude). Its cemetery was used during the Samad Late Iron Age.
Overview
In 1991 the Ministry of National Heritage and Culture became aware of the cemetery, close to the Al-Bustan Palace.
In the same year a team from the German Mining Museum in Bochum excavated seven graves.
Sources
- Paul Yule, Die Gräberfelder in Samad al-Shan (Sultanat Oman): Materialien zu einer Kulturgeschichte (2001), Taf. 482-500 ISBN 3-89646-634-8.
- Paul Yule, Cross-roads – Early and Late Iron Age South-eastern Arabia, Abhandlungen Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft, vol. 30, Wiesbaden 2014, 89 ISBN 978-3-447-10127-1
- Paul A. Yule, Valourising the Samad Late Iron Age, Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 27/1, 2016, 31‒71.
External links
See also
References
- ↑ NGA List of Lights – Pub.112 Retrieved 13 October 2016
- ↑ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Geonames database entry. (search) Accessed 2011-05-12.
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