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Glazed jar 4

Place Discovered

Period

Material

Dimentions

L: 54.5 cm , D: 34.5 cm , BD: 16 cm

Date Discovered

https://saa.shj.ae/en/collects/glazed-jar-4/

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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