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Decorated bronze bowl from the monumental Tomb of Amud (FA-5) at Mleiha, Sharjah (UAE). 3rd century BCE. Two figurative bands with Arabian themes, exotic and mythical animals encircle the central rosette. The original decoration had been altered in antiquity. A winged sphinx and a bird are original. Enhanced figures include a hunter in front of his camel, attacking a lion. A centaur is fighting a marine creature; which seems to have been changed to a pair of pelicans. Their wings extend on to the rim of the bowl. There is an African elephant, a goat, a bovid and possibly a crocodile.
No. 1 of 17 examples of nineteenth century Islamic ceramics understudy at the Sharjah Archaeology Authority, in Sharjah, UAE. This specimen is from the site ... Read More
Bronze Age small pottery jar of Mesopotamian type ware. Jebel al-Buhais, Sharjah, UAE. On display in the Mleiha Archaeological Center. 2nd millenium BCE. Read More
No. 7 of 17 examples of 19th Century Islamic ceramics understudy at the Sharjah Archaeology Authority, in Sharjah, UAE. This specimen is from the site ... Read More