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Muweilah (Arabic: مويلح) is an archaeological site in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. it is located in what is now the suburb of Al Jurainah near Sharjah University City.
A large, fortified settlement thought to have been occupied during the Iron Age II period (1,100-600BC),[1] the site has been explored by archaeologists since the discovery of pottery shards by a local resident[2] led to a French survey of the area in 1989 and archaeological work by an Australian expedition in 1994[3] It has yielded the oldest known example of writing found to date in the UAE, a pottery shard with an inscription, thought to be Sabean, with the letters 'bml'.[4]
Muweilah is considered to be one of the most significant Iron Age sites in the UAE. Excavations have shown the buildings within the site were damaged by a widespread fire. The first evidence of writing in the UAE was found in this site, on a piece pottery with the three letters of the South Arabic (B, M, L). Muweilah is one of the sites on the UAE's preliminary list to be nominated in the future to the World Heritage List. [5][6][7][8][9]
^Blau, Soren; Denham, Tim; Magee, Peter; Biggins, Alan; Robinson, Julia; Jasim, Sabah (2000). "Seeing Through the Dunes: Geophysical Investigations at Muweilah, an Iron Age Site in the United Arab Emirates". Journal of Field Archaeology. 27 (2): 117–129. doi:10.1179/jfa.2000.27.2.117. JSTOR 530588.
^UAEINTERACT. "UAE Interact, United Arab Emirates information, news, photographs, maps and webcams". www.uaeinteract.com. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
^Magee, Peter (2021). "Report on Fieldwork at Muweilah and Tell Abraq". Annual Sharjah ARCHAEOLOGY. 16: 49–53.
^Heritage, Sharjah Directorate of Antiquities &. "Muweilah – Sharjah Directorate of Antiquities & Heritage". sharjaharchaeology.com. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
^"Sharjah Museums Department - Sharjah Archaeology Museum". www.sharjahmuseums.ae.
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Muweilah (Arabic: مويلح) is an archaeological site in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. it is located in what is now the suburb of Al Jurainah near Sharjah...
little evidence exists for any indigenous iron-work outside the finds at Muweilah, themselves thought to be imports, and even the extensive evidence of smelting...
Age I and Wadi Suq links with Tell Abraq, Kalba and Shimal, as well as Muweilah and Bithnah, the latter also a site where snake motifs are notable on pottery...
found in the region, at Iron Age I and II sites such as Al Thuqeibah and Muweilah, with a number of row dwellings, although lacking the perimeter walls found...
Brunet O., Feston B., Uerpmann M. ... Silvia Z., "Report on fieldwork at Muweilah and Tell Abraq, Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 2014–2017", Annual...
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