Qala'at al-Bahrain 3

The Western and Southern City Walls and Other Excavations

Flemming Hojlund

• Publisher: Aarhus University Press
• Year: 2019
• ISBN:
  9788793423411
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Ancient History
• Index: History

The capital of ancient Dilmun, Qala'at al-Bahrain, the most important archaeological site in East Arabia, was excavated in 1954-1978 by a Danish expedition from Moesgaard Museum. The first two volumes were published in 1994 and 1997, dealing with the northern city wall, the Islamic fortress and the central monumental buildings. The third volume covers the remaining 13 excavations, presenting their architectures and stratigraphies. A detailed treatment of the finds is given, stamp seals, inscriptions, figurines, incense burners, human bones, pottery, etc., dating from the late 3rd millennium to the Islamic period.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Colophon
• Contents
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Western City Wall
• 3. The Southern City Wall
• 4. other Excavations
• 5. Summary and conclusions
• Bibliography and abbreviations
• Appendix 1.Cuneiform Inscriptions (Jesper eidem)
• Appendix 2. The Aramaicinscription on a jar fromQal’at al-Baḥrayn (Peter Stein)
• Appendix 3. The HumanRemains from excavations 518 and 427, Qala’atal-Bahrain (Ashley McGarry and Judith Littleton)
• Appendix 4. Radiocarbondates from Excavation 427
• Appendix 5. Correlationwith Kervran’s chronology