Amlah or ʿAmlāʾ ( 23°07′52″N 56°54′07″E / 23.13111°N 56.90194°E), al-Dhāhirah province (41 km ESE of ʿIbrī), Sultanate of Oman. The area around Amlah contains numerous archaeological sites which came to light during surveys in the mid 1970s. [1] Those that are available to the public date from the Bronze Age Wadi Suq period to the late pre-Islamic period. 26 excavated graves provide evidence for a cemetery at al-Fuwaydah. [2] The graves and grave goods are related most closely to those of the United Arab Emirates, Preislamique Récente, i.e. PIR, and not the Samad Late Iron Age. [3] Among the most striking Late Iron Age finds are bronze phiales inscribed on the inside. [4]
Amlah or ʿAmlāʾ ( 23°07′52″N 56°54′07″E / 23.13111°N 56.90194°E), al-Dhāhirah province (41 km ESE of ʿIbrī), Sultanate of Oman. The area around Amlah contains numerous archaeological sites which came to light during surveys in the mid 1970s. [1] Those that are available to the public date from the Bronze Age Wadi Suq period to the late pre-Islamic period. 26 excavated graves provide evidence for a cemetery at al-Fuwaydah. [2] The graves and grave goods are related most closely to those of the United Arab Emirates, Preislamique Récente, i.e. PIR, and not the Samad Late Iron Age. [3] Among the most striking Late Iron Age finds are bronze phiales inscribed on the inside. [4]