Al-Bustan, Oman Explained
| Al Bustān |
| Native Name: | Arabic: البستان |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Oman |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Oman |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Oman |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | Muscat Governorate |
| Utc Offset: | +4 |
| Timezone: | Oman Standard Time |
| Module: | | Embed: | yes | | Qid: | Q106116007 | | Foundation: | concrete base | | Construction: | metal post | | Shape: | cylindrical post[1] |
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Al Bustān (Arabic: البستان) is a village in Muscat, in eastern Oman.[2] (23°34'15.02"; 58°36'32.70"E, 8 m altitude). Its cemetery was used during the Samad Late Iron Age.
23.5708°N 58.6092°W
Overview
In 1991 the Ministry of National Heritage and Culture became aware of the cemetery, close to the Al-Bustan Palace.
In the same year a team from the German Mining Museum in Bochum excavated seven graves.
Sources
- Paul Yule, Die Gräberfelder in Samad al-Shan (Sultanat Oman): Materialien zu einer Kulturgeschichte (2001), Taf. 482-500 .https://web.archive.org/web/20070928191921/http://vml-verlag.de/e/detail.php?ISBN=3-89646-634-8
- Paul Yule, Cross-roads – Early and Late Iron Age South-eastern Arabia, Abhandlungen Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft, vol. 30, Wiesbaden 2014, 89
- Paul A. Yule, Valourising the Samad Late Iron Age, Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 27/1, 2016, 31‒71.
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Notes and References
- http://msi.nga.mil/NGAPortal/MSI.portal?_nfpb=true&_st=&_pageLabel=msi_pub_detail&CCD_itemID=112&pubConstant=NGALOL NGA List of Lights – Pub.112
- [National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]
