Umm an-Nar burial 401 at Bat, Oman: Architecture and finds

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-154

  Böhme, Manfred ^a   Al Sabri, Biubwa Ali ^b  

^a State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology Saxony Anhalt   (Germany)

^b Ministry of Heritage and Culture   (Oman)

Author keywords

Bat; Pottery; Sword; Tomb architecture; Umm an Nar period

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARCHITECTURE; CULTURE;

OMAN;

EID: 80054015342     PISSN: 09057196     EISSN: 16000471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0471.2011.00341.x     Document Type: Article

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