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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.
Bronze bowl with 9-pointed star at the bottom. Iron Age, first millennium BC - 1300 BC. From the site of Khor Fakkan, Sharjah. Read More
Pre-Islamic disc shaped alabaster lid; the handle represents seated lion with centrally drilled hole. Mleiha, Sharjah, UAE. On display in the Mleiha Archaeological Center. 2nd ... Read More
Neolithic flint arrow head. Jebel al-Faya, Sharjah, UAE. On display in the Mleiha Archaeological Center. 8th millenium BCE. Read More