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.
Stone lid with lion-shaped knob for south Arabian beehive vessels. Mleiha, Sharjah, UAE. 3rd century BCE - 1st century CE. Mleiha area 7. Read More
Socketed bronze spear point from the site of Jebel al-Buhais, Sharjah, UAE. Bronze Age, Wadi suq Period. 2000-1300 BCE. Read More
Neolithic flint end scraper., Jebel al-Faya, Sharjah, UAE. On display in the Mleiha Archaeological Center. 5th millenium BCE. Read More