Al-Bustan, Oman

Excavated Late Iron Age graves at al-Bustan, Oman. Left: excavated, right: prior to excavation.

Aerial view of excavated Late Iron Age graves at al-Bustan.

Village in Muscat Governorate, Oman

Al Bustān البستان
Village
Country	Oman
Governorate	Muscat Governorate
Time zone	UTC+4 (Oman Standard Time)

Bandar Al Rowdha East Breakwater Lighthouse Edit this at Wikidata
Foundation	concrete base
Construction	metal post
Height	7 m (23 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
Shape	cylindrical post^[1]

Focal height	9 m (30 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
Range	3 nmi (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) Edit this on Wikidata
Characteristic	Fl(2) R 5s Edit this on Wikidata

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°34′15′′N 58°36′33′′E / 23.57083°N 58.60917°E / 23.57083; 58.60917

Overview

[edit ]

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

[edit ]

Paul Yule, Die Gräberfelder in Samad al-Shan (Sultanat Oman): Materialien zu einer Kulturgeschichte (2001), Taf. 482-500 ISBN 3-89646-634-8.[1]
Paul Yule, Cross-roads – Early and Late Iron Age South-eastern Arabia, Abhandlungen Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft, vol. 30, Wiesbaden 2014, 89 ISBN 978-3-447-10127-1
Paul A. Yule, Valourising the Samad Late Iron Age, Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 27/1, 2016, 31‒71.