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{{Short description|Archaeological area in Oman}}
[[File:Fu plan2.jpg|thumb|Plan of the cemetery at ʿAmlāʾ/al-Fuwaydah which is attributed to the 'Pre-Islamic Recent Period'.]]
'''Amlah''' or ʿAmlāʾ ({{coord|23|07|52|N|56|54|07|E}}) is a location in al-Dhāhirah province (41&nbsp;km ESE of ʿIbrī), [[Oman|Sultanate of Oman]].
The area around Amlah contains numerous archaeological sites which came to light during surveys in the mid 1970s.<ref>*[[Beatrice de Cardi|B. de Cardi]], C. Collier, [[Donald Brian Doe|D.B. Doe]], Excavations and Survey in Oman, ''Journal of Oman Studies'' 2, 1976, 101-187, {{ISSN|0378-8180}}</ref> Those that are available to the public date from the [[Bronze Age]] [[Wadi Suq Culture|Wadi Suq]] period to the late pre-Islamic period. 26 excavated graves provide evidence for a cemetery at al-Fuwaydah.<ref>[[Paul Alan Yule|P. Yule]], ʿAmlā/al-Zāhirah - Späteisenzeitliche Gräberfelder, Vorläufiger Bericht der Ausgrabungen 1997, in: P. Yule (ed.), ''Studies in the Archaeology of the Sultanate of Oman'', Orient-Archäologie 2 (Rahdan 1999) 119-186, {{ISBN|3-89646-632-1}}</ref> The graves and grave goods are related most closely to those of the [[United Arab Emirates]], [[Preislamique Récente]], i.e. PIR, and not the [[Samad Late Iron Age]].<ref>[[Paul Alan Yule|P. Yule]], Cross-roads – Early and Late Iron Age South-eastern Arabia, Abhandlungen Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft, vol. 30, Wiesbaden 2014,62‒9 {{ISBN|978-3-447-10127-1}}</ref> Among the most striking [[Late Iron Age]] finds are bronze [[phiales]] inscribed on the inside.<ref>[[Paul Alan Yule|P. Yule]], A Bronze Bowl from the Back Country of the Sultanate of Oman, in: (eds. J.-W. Mayer et al.) ''Beiträge zur vorderasiatischen Archäologie, Winfried Orthmann Gewidmet'' (Frankfurt Main 2001) 494-509, {{ISBN|3-00-007995-5}};[[Paul Alan Yule|P. Yule]]‒[[C. Pariselle]], Silver philae said to be from al-Juba (al-Wusta Governorate]‒an archaeological puzzle, ''Arab. Arch. and Epigraphy'' 27, 2016, 163‒4  {{ISSN|0905-7196}}.</ref>

==Gallery==
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| File:Storage jar with two handles and a gold-coloured glaze.jpg|Storage jar with two handles and a gold-coloured glaze, excavated from grave Fu12 in ʿAmlāʾ/al-Fuwayda, attributable to the PIR.
| Image:13335Dkopie.JPG|Drawing of a bronze bowl excavated from a late pre-Islamic cemetery in Amlah/al-Fuwaydah.

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