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ID: 7503919
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7503919

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Buri (ancient site)  Buri (ancient site)

Coordinates:
Lat: 26 08 25 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 26.1400  decimal degrees
Long: 050 30 12 E  degrees minutes   Long: 50.5030  decimal degrees

Note: Ancient burial mound field that is part of a proposed serial property of 11 sites, 10 of which are archaeological grave field sites, in western Bahrain. This large, dense field contains Late Type (ca. 2050-ca. 1600 BCE) mounds and is close to the modern city of Hamad Town. It is included in the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites under the heading "Burial Ensembles of Dilmun and Tylos."

Names:
Buri (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Al Baḥrayn (nation)  ........  Al Baḥrayn (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Ash Shamālīyah (governorate)  ............  Ash Shamālīyah (governorate) (P)
Hierarchy of Buri (ancient site)  ................  Buri (ancient site) (P)

Place Types:
ancient site (preferred, C)
archaeological site (C)
burial site (H)  ............  ca. 2050-ca. 1600 BCE

Related geographic places:
near/adjacent to ....  Būrī .......... (inhabited place)
..............................  (World, Asia, Al Baḥrayn, Ash Shamālīyah) [7594431]

Sources and Contributors:
Buri..........  [VP Preferred]
...........  UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 10 November 2011
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 10 November 2011
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 10 November 2011

 

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