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Document Details : Title: International contacts in the southern Persian Gulf in the late 1st century B.C. / 1st century A.D. Subtitle: Numismatic evidence from ed-Dur (Emirate of Umm al-Qaiwain, U.A.E.) Author(s): HAERINCK, E. Journal: Iranica Antiqua Volume: 33 Date: 1998 Pages: 273-302 DOI: 10.2143/IA.33.0.519210 Abstract : Ed-Dur (Emirate of Umm al-Qaiwan, U.A.E.) is the largest and most likely the only coastal site between Qatar and the Straits of Hormuz for the last decades of the 1st century BC and the 1st century AD. It is located on the SE Arabian coast of the Persian Gulf roughly 120 kms from the Straits of Hormuz. Although different periods occur at the site, as evidenced by prehistoric flints, Umm an-Nar 3rd mill. painted pottery and Iron Age pottery and soft-stone vessels, the major occupation belongs to the beginning of the Christian era. At that time there was likely 2 to 3 square km of occupation. This occupation is represented mainly by one layer, although sometimes it was obvious that two levels had to be distinguished. However there was no difference in the material at all. |
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