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.
Neolithic Flint arrowheads dated to the 5th millennium BCE - site of Mleiha, Mleiha, Sharjah, UAE. On display in the Sharjah Archaeology Authority. 6th-4th millenium ... Read More
Iron-Age Softstone Bowl, Jebel al-Buhais, Sharjah, UAE. On display in the Sharjah Archaeology Authority. 1st millennium BCE. Read More
Pre-Islamic soft stone stamp seal pierced in the middle bearing engraved motifs., Mleiha, Sharjah, UAE. On display in the Mleiha Archaeological Center. 1st Century CE. Read More