TY - GEN CY - Bochum EP - 542 ID - propylaeumdok109 TI - Beyond the Pale of Near Eastern Archaeology: Anthropomorphic Figures from al-Aqir near Bahla?, Sultanate of Oman KW - Anthropomorphe Figuren KW - Anthropomorphic figures SP - 537 N2 - Metallic anthropomorphic figures, the subject of this essay, derive from Magan/Makkan i.e. from an Umm an-Nar Period context in al-Aqir/Bahla in the south-western piedmont of the western Hajjar chain. These artefacts are compared with those from northern India in terms of their origin and/or dating. They are particularly interesting owing to a secure provenance in middle Oman. UR - https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/propylaeumdok/109/ Y1 - 2003/// AV - public A1 - Yule, Paul ER -