A 3rd millennium BC stone stamp seal from the Omani site of Qumayrah Ayn 3

Pieńkowska, Agnieszka

doi:10.31338/uw.9788323541714.pp.535-546

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“…Apart from salt, one should also highlight the increased demand in soft‐stone (chlorite/steatite) used in the production of tubular beads, miniature vessels and other goods attested at the Umm an‐Nar cemetery QA1 (Rutkowski, 2021) and one of the houses in the QA3 settlement. In addition, it is plausible that the gabbro rock, which is also available in the area, constituted a desirable material not only for making tools such as querns or grinders but also more luxurious items such as seals (Pieńkowska, 2019). It cannot be excluded that gabbro, and not diorite, was exported to Mesopotamia (Heimpel, 1982, pp.…”

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“…The microregion is intersected by a natural route leading through mountain valleys, which connected large third millennium BC centres in the oases of the present‐day central Oman, such as Bat, Khashbah and Bisya, with Hili/Buraimi, and continued westwards to the centres located in the coastal zone of the Arabian Gulf, including the eponymous site of the Umm an‐Nar period. Previous field investigations conducted, among others, by the Omani‐Polish Archaeological Expedition revealed considerable evidence of human activity from prehistoric times to the Islamic period in the Qumayrah microregion (Białowarczuk, 2017, 2020; Białowarczuk & Szymczak, 2018, 2019, 2020; Bieliński, 2016, 2017, 2018; Pieńkowska, 2019, 2020; Rutkowski, 2017, 2021), including remnants of two Bronze Age settlements and an Iron Age one. This saturation of archaeological remains in the region that did not offer particularly favourable agricultural conditions—especially compared with oasis settlements—is all the more striking and calls for investigation into the possible reasons behind its attractiveness, especially for the settlers.…”

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Patterns of pre‐Islamic settlement in the Qumayrah microregion, northern Oman: First results of an archaeological and geological survey

Bieliński

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Arab Archaeol Epigr

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The Qumayrah microregion lies in the mountains of northern Oman, roughly halfway between two large oasis settlements—Bat and Hili. It is situated at the crossing of routes leading from the Arabian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman into the interior. Results of a previous archaeological excavation and survey confirmed the presence of sites from prehistoric times to the Islamic period in the area. In light of both the continuity of settlement and the location of the microregion, its survey became an essential undertaking. The project has a multidisciplinary character, combining traditional archaeological survey methods with geological prospection. The aim of the pedestrian survey is to identify settlement points, which could link the Qumayrah microregion with Hili Oasis, while the geological prospection is tasked with collecting information on the raw material resources in the region that could have influenced settlement activity in the area.

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Patterns of pre‐Islamic settlement in the Qumayrah microregion, northern Oman: First results of an archaeological and geological survey

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“…The third tower is located on the eastern side of the wadi near the modern village of Ain. Comprising architectural remains from the Umm an‐Nar, Iron Age, and Islamic periods, a multi‐period settlement (QA 3) extends to the south of the tower (Pieńkowska, 2019).…”

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Umm an‐Nar soft‐stone vessel assemblage from Tomb QA 1‐1 (Oman) based on finds recovered from half the tomb

Rutkowski

2021

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This article is devoted to the soft‐stone vessels retrieved from QA 1‐1, a tomb from the Umm an‐Nar period in Wadi al‐Fajj, Northwest Oman, as part of a joint Polish–Omani project in 2016–2018. To date, the excavations, although confined to half of the tomb’s interior, have yielded as many as 67 soft‐stone vessels or their fragments, which, at least for the time being, is the second‐largest collection of these items obtained from one Umm an‐Nar tomb. The article primarily aims to present the current assemblage in terms of its spatial distribution within the tomb with particular emphasis on complete specimens discovered in situ. The paper aims to provide a valuable source of comparative research and thus may contribute to further discussions on the production and circulation of soft‐stone vessels in the land of Magan, as well as the burial rites related to furnishing the deceased with them.

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A 3rd millennium BC stone stamp seal from the Omani site of Qumayrah Ayn 3

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Patterns of pre‐Islamic settlement in the Qumayrah microregion, northern Oman: First results of an archaeological and geological survey

Patterns of pre‐Islamic settlement in the Qumayrah microregion, northern Oman: First results of an archaeological and geological survey

Umm an‐Nar soft‐stone vessel assemblage from Tomb QA 1‐1 (Oman) based on finds recovered from half the tomb

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