Khor Rori

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Khor Rori (Arabic خور روري Chawr Rawrī, DMG Hawr Rawrī, Hadramitisch S1m ( h) rm Sum ( h) arum, Sum ( h) uram or similar) was a South Arabian city near the present-day 40 km east of Khor Rori Salalah in Dhofar, a region in Oman. It lies at the mouth of Wadi Darbat in the Indian Ocean in a sheltered bay. Maybe it's the same as the Periplus Maris mentioned in Erythraei, § 32 port Moscha Limen. In the 1950s, Wendell Phillips and William Foxwell Albright took the first excavations at Khor Rori, which were resumed in 1997 by an Italian team Alessandra Avanzini and have continued ever since. Khor Rori in 1988 was included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.

History

According to radiocarbon dating and comparison of the ceramic finds Khor Rori was founded in the 5th or 4th century BC. Several building inscriptions from the city reported that she was under the name Sumharum ( Hadramitisch S1mhrm ) by residents of the capital hadramitischen Schabwat founded on the king Il'adh Yalit command. As the easternmost outpost of the South Arabian kingdom of Hadramaut Khor Rori was probably used as a stopover on the trade route between Arabia and India, and for shipment of incense gained in Dhofar. The recent finds date from the early 5th century AD, after Khor Rori seems to have been abandoned.

Architecture

The ancient city of Khor Rori is located on a hill above the harbor and was double walled. Inside, several temples, workshops, warehouses and residential buildings were located. Outside the walls, another temple, agricultural buildings, as well as a burial ground was found.