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Stone spindle head

Stone spindle head

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Site : Mleiha- Sharjah
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.

Islamic Pottery 8
Islamic Pottery 8

Mleiha- Sharjah
Nineteenth Century AD
Pottery
No. 8 of 17 examples of 19th Century Islamic ceramics under study at the Sharjah Archaeology Authority, in Sharjah, UAE. Read More
Neolithic Arrowhead 8
Neolithic Arrowhead 8

Jebel al-Faya- Sharjah
Neolithic
Flint
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Dish, SAA 156 C
Dish, SAA 156 C

AlLulayyah - Sharjah
Fifteenth Century AD
Ceramic
No. of Object: SAA 156 C. Type of Artifact: Dish. Material: Ceramic. Methodology: 3D photogrammetric model made in Agisoft Metashape using 258 images. Additional processing completed in Substance Painter. ... Read More
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