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aar an its Extrna Rations:

th Cntra Asian Murghabo-Bactrian Archaoogica Cop‫( ﺕ‬MBAC).

Aspcts of MBAC atria cutur ar anifst in th no-ranian

borrans towars th n of th 3r inniu BC (43), subsqunty

apparing at various sits in th Arabian Guf . During Casprs suggsts that

this infunc was issinat via Harappan infunc in th Guf (44), but

it is aso possib that irct contact btwn Bahrain an th no-ranian

borrlans pay a part in spraing this intrcutura sty.

Msopotaian Matria (Fig. 6; ab 2)

Msopotaian pottry is quay uncoon at aar. ١t is al associat with

Prio 2, coprising just 0.11% of that assbag, It is bst copar to Ur

١١١ an sin Larsa atria fro -Dr an Nippur, as w as to

Msopotaian atria foun at @aa'at a-Bahrain. h fabrics ar fin an

pa, with fin grit or san incusions, sotis with fin vgta tpr,

an a chaky f.

Fig. 6.1 shows th ri of a ong-nck jar coparab to vsss fro

onag A at -Dr (45) h attcr paral is ascrib to Ensb I١

at -Dr, roughy corrsponing to th sin Larsa p--rio- P-as ar

aso foun in th criba ouartr at Nippur, with ongat ova jars (46). h

forr is fro an sin Larsa prio v, an is assign to yp 19A,

which has a rang fro th at Ur ١١١ to th sin Larsa prios. h attr is

of a typ riv fro yp 19A, an is vcl is assign to th O

iabyonian prio.

h ri shown on iFg. 6.2 is coparab to sip vrt ris fro jars at

-Dr an th criba Quartr at Nippur. Its paras appar to b

sighty arir than thos of th shr scrib abov, ating to th Ur ١١I

prio. Paras at -Dr ar ascrib to Ensbl ١٧, which fas into

th ast cntury of th 3r inniu (47). At Nippur, th sa ri for is

foun on jars with sharp rigs bow th ri, aso ascrib to th Ur ١١١

prio (48). Aitionay, yp M8 at aaa'at a-Bahrain shars this typ of ri

(49); M8 is foun fro Prio a to th bginning of Prio Ib, aso

suggsting a at in th ast cntury of th 3r inniu or th vry

bginning of th 2n.