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Period : Pre-Islamic
Material : Sandstone
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Stone spindle head, still under study.Spinning wheels have been known on the shores of the Mediterranean since the fourth millennium BC. It can be of flat, spherical, conical or cylindrical shapes. It has various dimensions. And its existence refers to the craft of spinning plant and animal fibers to form yarns such as wool.


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Neolithic Stone Arrowhead, Mleiha, Sharjah, UAE. On display in the Sharjah Archaeology Authority. 6th-4th millenium BCE. Read More
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Neolithic long tanged, triangular, pointed flint arrowhead, Mleiha, Sharjah, UAE. On display in the Mleiha Archaeological Center. 5th-4th millenium BCE. Read More
Alabaster Vase No. 23
Alabaster Vase No. 23 of 47, from cache, Mleiha, Sharjah, UAE. The find was made by the Sharjah Archaeology Authority. 2nd-3rd Century CE. Read More