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thanks Carole and the others who responded, I have one of DR Bosch's
books (Seashells of S Arabia) and can check that one.
Steve
On 6/12/16, Carole Marshall
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> Would a quick look through Dr. Donald Bosch's books bring any
> enlightenment. Didn't he collect exclusively in Oman while he was practicing
> medicine
> there. Just a thought.
> Carole
>
>
> In a message dated 6/12/2016 9:08:32 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
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> Dear Steve
>
> "Dar" can be a kind of house or mansion (see Dar Yacout at Marrakech,
> Dar Aby etc...)
>
> Regarding Mirbat, I recommend you this page of history:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mirbat
>
> This harbour is @ 30km east of Salalah, on the southern coast.
>
>
> Kind regards
>
>
> Olivier
>
>
> Le 12/06/2016 à 01:13, Steve Rosenthal a écrit :
>> I have a hand written label for a shell from Oman, the unintelligible
> word in question precedes "Mirbat, South Oman" and may be a more specific
> locality?
>>
>> the first letters appear to be D-A-R_ followed by two letters that I
> cant decipher and/or which don't match up to anything I could find online
> something like D-A-R-C (?) R(?? ) though as I noted, those last two letters
>
> are hard to discern. South Mirbat looks like a pretty small place, at
> least
> on a map.
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>
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