Is it legal to collect at Dubai, UAE: Jumeirah archaeological site, Abbasid port behind the beach?

Prohibited, look only. Dubai Law No. 11 of 2026 on Antiquities and Archaeological Sites administered by Dubai Culture: antiquities and sites protected across land and sea, site is fenced; Dubai Creek banks are Municipality heritage zones

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Q: What can you find at Dubai, UAE: Jumeirah archaeological site, Abbasid port behind the beach?

Abbasid glazed pottery, Chinese stoneware, glass, coins (excavation only)

Jumeirah archaeological site, Abbasid port behind the beach

Tidal foreshore Documented siteProhibited, look only

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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea pottery

Coins and tokens

Also reported: glass.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Why this spot

Abbasid caravan and sea trading town c.9th-10th century stretching from the beach toward Al Safa; the creek was dredged in the 1960s-70s.

Gulf News 2008: fenced 80,000 sq m site in Jumeirah 2 excavated since 1969 and by DTCM from 1993, pottery from southern Iraq, Chinese stoneware, Abbasid coins, finds in Dubai Museum; The National 2013 on the Dubai Creek heritage bidView source →