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Site : Mleiha- Sharjah
Period : Pre-Islamic
Material : Pottery
Width : 16 cm
Height : 54.5 cm
Diameter : 34.5 cm
Green glazed vessels such as this vase with ornamental handles were imported from Southern Mesopotamia (modern Iraq). The lower parts of the handles sometimes end in knobs, or hands / paws. They were popular in SE-Arabia (UAE and Oman). Several of were deposited as burial goods in tombs at Mleiha (Sharjah, UAE). Dated from the 2nd C BCE to the 1st C CE. Examples in Overlaet, and Córdoba. This vessel was discovered in 2017 in a tomb close to the tomb of Amud. Its original green glaze changed into a beige to gold color.
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