Ancient name | Unknown |
Geographical area | United Arab Emirates |
Coordinates | Latitude: 25° 32' 53" Longitude: 55° 41' 59" |
Coordinates accuracy | certain |
Type of site | Settlement |
Deities | The sun-god Šamaš. |
Location and toponomy | The site overlooks the bay and the lagoon of Umm al-Qaiwayn. |
History of research | The first prospections were led in 1986. |
Chronology | Obeid period (5th-4th millenium); Bronze Age (3rd-2nd millenium); Iron Age; 1st-2nd centuries AD (flourishing period of the site); 3rd-4th centuries AD. |
Archaeological missions | Europaean missions (Great Britain, Danmark, Belgium, France). United Arab Emirates. |
A rectangular area sorrounded by an external wall: its main gate is located on the eastern side of the wall, with Corinthian columns. On the temple's walls is still preserved an external plaster layer. |
Potts 1989 | Potts, Daniel T. 1989. Ed-Dur - the Danish excavations. Mesopotamia, 24: 13-27. |
Haerinck and Stevens 1989 | Haerinck, Ernie and Stevens, K.G. 1989. The Belgian Excavations in 1987. Mesopotamia, 24: 57-72. |
Haerinck, Metdepenninghen, Stevens 1992 | Haerinck, Ernie, Metdepenninghen, C. and Stevens, K.G. 1991. Excavations at ed-Dur (Umm al-Qaiwain, U.A.E.) - Preliminary report on the second Belgian season (1988). Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 2: 31-60. |
Haerinck 2001 | Haerinck, Ernie 2001. Excavations at ed-Dur (Umm al-Qaiwain, United Arab Emirates). Vol. 2: The Tombs.. Photographs Erik Smekens, With an appendix by Pamela Stone. Leuven: Peeters. |