Dibba: an ancient port on the Gulf of Oman in the early Roman era

Macroscopic analysis of the bead assemblage from the South Arabian port of Sumhuram, Oman (seasons 2000–2013)

“…The use of pierced shells in south‐eastern Arabia has been testified since the Late Stone Age (Uerpmann, : 92–101) and was maintained through the millennia with unchanged techniques. The discovery of shells such as Engina mendicaria (Then‐Obłuska, : 736; Uerpmann, : 100; Morrison, : 381; Barthélemy de Saizieu, : 39; Beck, : 100; Jackson, : 104); Dentalium (Uerpmann, : 100); Conidae (Jasim & Yousif, : 78; Jackson, : 104); Olividae and Cypraeidae (Antonini & Agostini, : 49) common in the Middle East and present in many other sites in southern Arabia, such as Shabwa (Morrison, ), Hureidha, Sune, and Gheibun (Beck, ; Jackson, ), Baraqish (Antonini & Agostini, ), Hajar Bin Humeid (Van Beek, ), Samad al Shan (Yule, ), Bithnah (Corboud et al., ), Tell Abraq (Potts, ), Khor Milkh 2 (Uerpmann, ), Ed‐Dur (De Waele, ), Dibba (Jasim & Yousif, ), and Mleiha (Mouton, ) places Sumhuram perfectly in this cultural horizon.…”

Glass and glass production in the Oman peninsula in antiquity reconsidered – chemical and mineralogical investigation of sands

“…Top: a plan of the structure at Dibba and detail of the glass in situ (after Jasim & Yousif, : figs. 13 & 18); bottom: large chunks of glass; the fragment on the left (seen from the side) has a cone shape, measures c .6.5 cm at the base and slightly widens towards the top; the preserved height is c .8 cm [Colour figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com]…”

“…27, 46, 98; Jasim, Uerpmann, & Uerpmann, : 112–113), Dibba (Jasim, : 221–223, figs. 31–39; Jasim & Yousif, : 68, figs. 12–13, 41–42), and ed‐Dur (Whitehouse, , ; Haerinck, : pls.…”

“…A series of green‐ and amber‐coloured unguentaria was found in 2007 together with glass chunks at Dibba al Hisn, a site on the east coast of the UAE, considered to have been a harbour or stopover on the sea trade with India and Pakistan (Jasim, ; Jasim & Yousif, ). The glass was found in one of fifty‐two small ‘rooms’ ( c .2–3 x 1.5–2 m) built of mud‐brick walls in a sort of grid pattern, close to the coastline (see Fig.…”

An Aramaic−Hasaitic bilingual inscription from a monumental tomb at Mleiha, Sharjah, UAE

“…The location of this ‘Omana’ has been the subject of debate for more than 200 years and is still a point of discussion. Locations on the Gulf of Oman coastline such as Sohar and Dibba have been mentioned (Jasim : 236; Jasim & Yousif : 74). The Natural History , however, places it specifically on the Arabian coast of the Persian Gulf.…”