Al-Bustan, Oman
Village in Muscat Governorate, Oman
Al Bustān البستان | |
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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.
23°34′15″N 58°36′33″E / 23.57083°N 58.60917°E / 23.57083; 58.60917
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.[1]
- 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
- Archaeology of Oman
- http://heidicon.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/pool/oman
See also
References
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Muscat Governorate
Capital: Muscat
- Abu Nukhayl
- Ad Duwaykah
- Al Amarat
- Al Bustan
- Al Jafnayn
- Al Khawd
- Ash Shutayfi
- Bandar Jissah
- Bandar Khayran
- Bawshar
- Bayt al Falaj
- Bin `Umran
- Falaj
- Falaj ash Sham
- Fath al Bu Sa`id
- Ghallah
- Ghubrah
- Ghursheba
- Halban
- Hamriyah
- Haramil
- Hayl al `Umayr
- Jal
- Jifar
- Kalbuh
- Lansab
- Ma`abilah
- Manumah
- Muscat
- Matrah
- Mawalih
- Mu`skar al Murtafi`ah
- Qantab
- Riyam
- Rusayl
- Ruwi
- Sad
- Saruq
- Sayh al Malih
- Seeb
- Sidab
- Suraj
- Tawiyan
- Tawiyan Yiti
- Taww
- Wadi Kabir
- Wutayyah
- Yenkit
- Yiti
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