In the Heart of Oman : The Castle of Salut [1 ed.] 9788891307736, 9788891307712

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In the heart of Oman. The castle of Salut.

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of the European Research Council under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme

Foreword

From Magan to Qade

2300-300 BC)

A third millennium seal from the Indus at Salut?

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tled in Oman

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them: Eat of that which your Lord has provided for

few lote trees.

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Figure 2 - The plain and the site of Salut.

The disaster of Marib

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on their hind legs with their fore paws on their eyes -

sat down and when the turtle dived into water she

it: the rats suddenly surrounded him and stared at him; so he ordered a few cats and sent them

himself that ruin was to fall over the people and walked over another spot on the dam and here

that the one who is repentant shall grieve. I saw the

for all that he saw.

no way to defend ourselves. Save yourself! Among dens: order a glass vase and put it in front of you; the desert plain and sent a message to the Persians -

governor of Oman in the name of the king.

and live together in an area of Oman. When the

will not spend a day or night without thinking that

together with us: our land and our country are too

me water and pastures. If you are willing to give troops and capture your sons and will not allow that

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and clump of earth looking for you and your king.

that the squadrons and the troops would do their -

parts was ready.

with all the commanders and the elephants to the

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stroying the strategic deployment of troops and

fell upon them. They walked away from each other

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he hit the knight so hard that he annihilated him; sword and killed him. Then the second knight came in the middle of the head and his shining sword knight came forward toward him wearing an ar-

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defeat whoever tries to do that. We don’t want our in front of the two armies who were already holding learned from my father who knew from his father the helmet and the chainmail: he crushed the helmet to reach the palace and there we rested -

One thing is measured and compared against the other. The man is measured against another man

Oman where the people were nomads; he stayed where he saw in the desert a palace that looked like

Of the

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The Land of Magan

docked at the quay of Akkad.

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Copper from Magan shekels

a head of the 3 talents and 20 minas

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‘Black stone’ from Magan

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and Sherihtum other side of the sea was victorious and conquered their their... as far as the metal mines. From mounhe loaded them onto ships ioned his statue and dedicated it to Enlil.

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From the mountains of the land of Magan the diorite came up. With this he made his statue.

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Salut.

of the hills surrounding Salut crest.

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triangle).

that divides the ditch into two halves widens to host

tower.

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sump to allow clean water into the ditch.

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Figure 22 - Aligned rooms in the Burnt Building.

of the Burnt Building.

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Oman peninsula. Circles indicate the presence of tower monued ones are shown).

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close to Salut; shallow mounds cate the presence of other similar structures.

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the prominent site within a larger network which con-

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stone vessels discovered in the course of the IMTO surveys.

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water management system.

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related to an agricultural use.

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was much more widely spread the Oman Peninsula are mainly evident for the coastal areas.

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Engina Mendicaria Conus Conus

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transformed into a pendant drilling its centre.

currence of this type of vessels in the Oman peninsula is very rare.

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Figure 3 - The interior of the tower with the staircase leading to the upper part of the site. The

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decorative stones

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