Distance:
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Site : Mleiha- Sharjah
Period : Pre-Islamic
Material : Stone
Width : 13 cm
Height : 87 cm
Diameter : 52 cm
Bilingual South-Arabian / Aramaic funerary inscription discovered inside the burial chamber of tomb FA-5, Mleiha, Sharjah, UAE. Central panel in south Arabian script, text along the rim in Aramaic. Text reads “Memorial and tomb of Amud son of Gurr son of Ali, inspector of the king of Oman, which built over him his son Amud son of Amud son if Gurr, inspector of the king of Oman.” Dated to either 222/221 or 215/214 BCE. First record evidence of an Oman Kingdom.
Iron Age Bronze Arrowhead, Jebel al-Buhais, Sharjah, UAE. On display in the Mleiha Archaeological Center. 1st millennium BCE. Read More
Neolithic Stone Arrowhead, Mleiha, Sharjah, UAE. On display in the Sharjah Archaeology Authority. 5th-4th millenium BCE. Read More
Ceramic Jar. 1st Century CE. Dibba Al Hisn, Sharjah (Jasim 2006). Part of the museum exhibit for Madrid, Spain. Read More