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Ic, whi pottry in th Eastrn raition (56) stays stay at 1.2% an
rspctivy (57). h fa-off in Msopotaian pottry ipis a ss irct
rationship btwn Bahrain an that rgion. his os not, howvr, ipy
a ruction in rcanti contacts btwn th Diun ntity as a who ar
Msopotaia, but is syptoatic of th rgnc of Faiaka as Diun's
intriary gatway to Msopotaia at aroun th start of th inniu.
Dspit th broa siiaritis btwn th iport assbags at aar
an Oaa'at a-Bahrain, th xtrna tra of th two sits iffr in
orintation an intnsity. h ovra quantity of iport pottry at aar is
sal, coprising 0.43%, 0.2% an 0.33% of th Prio 2, 3 an 4
assbags rspctivy. port wars ar aroun four tis or
corrction in contporary vs at @aa'at al-Bahrain, accounting for 2%
an 1.5% of th City IIb an c prios rspctivy (58).
his iscrpancy ay sipﺕy rfct aar's rura status, in contrast to th
urban cosopoitanis of th traing cntr at Qaa'at al-Bahrain. It is
possib that aar's xtrna tra an iport rchanis was iat
an transport through Oala'at a-Bahrain. hr ar so inications,
howvr, that aar ngag in or irct rationships with istant rgions.
For xap, th natur of th Lat Harappan assbag iffrs at both
sits: paint iport bows appar to b absnt fro aar. As not
abov, Wai uq pottry has bn intifi at aar, but not at Qaa'at a
Bahrain. ١t has aso bn shown that aar's bitun originat in Iran, whi
that of Oaa'at a-Bahrain has a Msopotaian provnanc (59). During its
occupation, aar is thought to hav bn so 3.6k fro an int to th sa
(60), offring accss to intr-rgiona traing routs, an th sttnt ay
hav unrtakn its own traing rationships, inpnntly of Oala'at a
Bahrain.
aar. Diun an th East
h association btwn Lat Harappan pottry an aar Prios 2-3, an
ffctiv absnc fro Prio 4, hint that th rationship btwn Diun
an th Harappan sphr, particuary th Lat orath ,Harappa, sinc rat
u ng th cos of aar Prio 3/@aa'at a-Bahrain c. akn togthr, th
vinc frorn aar an qaa'at a-Bahrain suggsts a aps in contacts
so ti uring th 19th cntury BC. Unss th ary 2n inniu
chronoogy of aa'aat a-Bahrain an aar is owr (.g. by xtning th
