Tiwi, Oman
# Tiwi, Oman

22°49′15″N 59°15′34″E﻿ / ﻿22.82083°N 59.25944°E﻿ / 22.82083; 59.25944

Ṭīwī (Arabic: طيوي) is a town in Oman. It is known for an archaeological site in the area known as al-Jurayf, in Ṣūr Wilayat Sharqiyah. The town and the site are located between Wadi Shab and Wadi Tiwi on the Gulf of Oman.

## Archaeological site

This fortified village was inhabited in the Samad Late Iron Age and during Islamic times. It is known as Tiwi site TW2 (22°49'14.38"N, 59°15'34.00"E, 75 m altitude).

The archaeological site lies inside the cusp of a mountain and contains surface finds attributable to the Samad Late Iron Age It lies 700 m west of the coast. Hidden behind the easternmost cusp of a volcanic wall, this settlement is little visible from the sea or the nearby coastal road. It was mapped and surveyed in 2002.

To the north-west, north and east of the settlement extensive Late Iron Age settlements occurred. The preservation condition and our recording methods condition the appearance of the resulting sketch. It was re-mapped in 2014. The site seems to have been in sporadic use into the recent period. Shortly after investigation the site was badly bull-dozed in order to build the coastal motorway and to develop the area commercially.

