ʿUqdat al-Bakrah
23°19′11″N 55°51′03″E / 23.31972°N 55.85083°E
ʿUqdat al-Bakrah (Arabic: عقدة البكرة, lit. 'knot of the young she-camel'), also known incorrectly as Al-Saffah, is an archaeological site in Wadi Ḍank, in the Ad Dhahirah Governorate of northwestern Oman. It is a metal-working site dating to the Early Iron Age.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Yule & Weisgerber 2015, p. 26; Yule & Gernez 2018.
Sources
[edit]- Yule, Paul; Weisgerber, Gerd (2015). "Al-Wāsiṭ Tomb W1 and other sites: redefining the second millennium BCE chronology in South-Eastern Arabia". In Yule, Paul (ed.). Archaeological research in the Sultanate of Oman. Der Anschnitt Supplement 28. Rahden: Verlag Marie Leidorf. ISBN 9783867570091. OCLC 945777773.
- Yule, Paul; Gernez, Guillaume, eds. (2018). Early Iron Age metal-working workshop in the Empty Quarter, Sultanate of Oman. Universitätsforschungen zur prähistorischen Archäologie. Vol. 316. Bonn: Habelt-Verlag. ISBN 9783774941120.