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April 30, 20260 citationsOpen Access

Metal Hoard in al-Ḫawḍ on the Sultan Qaboos University Campus, Aftermath or Apex?

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PYPaul A. YuleBPBernhard PracejusMGMichela Gaudiello

Key Points

  • To analyze the discovery of a copper alloy hoard and its implications for Oman’s archaeological history.
  • Examine artefacts uncovered during landscaping at Sultan Qaboos University campus.
  • Investigate the economic origins of the discovered hoard.
  • Contextualize findings within the timeline of the EIA and Magan period.
  • Uncovered 332 copper alloy EIA artefacts linked to tomb robbing.
  • Re-evaluation of the economic landscape of the EIA period in Oman.
  • The hoard overshadows previous perceptions of the metal-poor Magan period.

Abstract

In 2004 landscaping activities on the SQU university campus fortuitously brought to light a hoard of some 332 copper alloy EIA artefacts. This hoard has an economic origin as a tomb robbing cache. In the early days of archaeology in Oman, what was taken to be a rather metal-poor EIA now beyond doubt overshadows the putatively more prestigious Magan period.

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Yule et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69f2a4b78c0f03fd67763c71https://doi.org/10.34780/zb7b-6nx6
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