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S-4

Name:
 سموعة (Samūʿah)

Site Type:
 Water Management

Periodization:

	Possible	Probable	Certain
Modern:
Islamic:
Pre-Islamic:
Bronze Age:
Neolithic:
Palaeolithic:

Terrain:
 Alluvium

Site Condition:
 Poor

Coordinates:
 1756399 N, 247519 E

Elevation:
 660 MSL

Notes:
 Exposed recently in a gully formed by a recent seil. Walls visible, but no discernable ground plans. Large stone wall—possibly a dam, possibly the foundation of a large house. Bones found by nearby townspeople, who claim they were from one or two burials. Prior to this season’s study, A Al-Saqqaf had made collections on this site (see Drawings D-107 through D-114).

Sherd C-188 may be Islamic.

Architecture:
 (none)

Object(s):
 O-139

Ceramic(s):
 C-188
 C-192
 C-193
 C-194
 C-195
 C-196
 C-197
 C-198
 C-211
 C-212
 C-213
 C-214

Inscription(s):
 (none)

Drawing(s):
 (none)

Map(s):
 (none)

Photograph(s):
 P-168
 P-169
 P-170
 P-171
 P-172
 P-173
 P-174
 P-175
 P-176
 P-177