Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies Volume 50 2020: Papers from the fiftythird meeting of the Seminar for Arabian St,Used

The Seminar for Arabian Studies is the principal international academic forum for research on the Arabian Peninsula. First convened in 1968 it is the only annual academic event for the study of the Arabian Peninsula that brings together researchers from all over the world to present and discuss current fieldwork and the latest research. The Seminar covers an extensive range of subjects that include anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art, epigraphy, ethnography, history, language, linguistics, literature, numismatics, theology, and more besides, from the earliest times to the present day or, in the fields of political and social history, to around the end of the Ottoman Empire (1922).The 53rd Seminar for Arabian Studies was hosted by the University of Leiden and took place in the Lipsius Building from Thursday IASA. In total sixtyfive papers and twentythree posters were presented at the threeday event. On Friday 12 July a special session on the stone tools of prehistoric Arabia was held, the papers from this session are published in a supplement to the main Seminar Proceedings.Table of ContentsEditors ForewordIn Memoriam Jocelyn Cecilia Orchard, 19362019Desert tombs: recent research into the Bronze Age and Iron Age cairn burials of Jebel Qurma, northeast Jordan Peter M.M.G. Akkermans, Merel L. Brning, Monique Arntz, Sarah A. Inskip & Keshia A.N. AkkermansOn the nature of South Arabian influences in Ethiopia during the late first millennium BC: late preAksumite settlement on the margins of the eastern Tigray plateau Anne Benoist, Iwona Gajda, Steven Matthews, Jrmie Schiettecatte, Ninon Blond, Saskia Bchner & Pawel WolfPottery from the alZubarah suq Agnieszka Magdalena BystronThe dawn of the Islamic era? The excavation of Yughbi in the Crowded Desert of Qatar Jose C. Carvajal Lpez, Kirk Roberts, Laura Morabito, Gareth Rees, Frank Stremke, Anke Marsh, David M. FreireLista, Robert Carter & Fai?al Abd Allah alNaimiFirst discoveries of the Bat/alArid mission (Sultanate of Oman) Corinne Castel, Olivier Barge, Blandine Besnard, Tara BeuzenWaller, Jacques lie Brochier, Lionel Darras, Emmanuelle Rgagnon & Sverine SanzLargesized camel depictions in western Arabia: a characterization across time and space Guillaume Charloux, Maria Guagnin & Jrme NorrisThe Ras alJinz reloaded: resuming excavations at the edge of Arabia Alexandre P. De Rorre, JeanFranois Berger, Massimo Delfino, Jonathan M. Kenoyer, Elena Maini & Valentina M. AzzarKalba and daw in Khaliji art: tracing extinct dhows in Arab and Persian iconography Mick de RuyterNew light on the late Wadi Suq period from the ?uhar hinterlands Michel de Vreeze, Bleda Dring & Eric OlijdamNothing but tombs and towers? Results of the AlMudhaybi Regional Survey 2019 Stephanie Dpper & Conrad SchmidtExcavations at Wadi alSail, Bahrain 20152019 Takeshi Gotoh, Kiyohide Saito, Masashi Abe & Akinori UesugiRenewed research at the Iron Age II site of Hili 2 (Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) Steven Karacic, Ali Abdu Rahman Al Meqbali, Abdulla Khalfan Al Kaabi, Dia Eddin Abdullah Altawallbeh, Hamad Ahmed Fadel & Peter MageeA ninth to tenthcentury pottery workshop at alYamamah, Central Arabia Fabien Lesguer & Jrmie SchiettecatteLes fouilles franaises de Abu Saiba (Mont 1). Donnes nouvelles sur la phase Tylos de Bahren (c.200 BCAD 300) Pierre Lombard, Brnice Chamel, Julien Cuny, Marianne Cotty, Franois Guermont, Robert Lux & Lionel NocaTrade and contacts between southern Arabia and East Asia: the evidence from alBalid (southern Oman) Alexia Pavan & Chiara ViscontiCeramic exchange in the northern UAE during the Late Bronze Age: preliminary results of macroscopic and petrographic analyses Maria Paola Pellegrino, Sophie Mry, Anne Benoist, Sophie Costa & Julien CharbonnierExcavations at the Old Fort of Stone Town, Zanzibar: new evidence of historic interactions between the Swah