Distance:
-
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.
Description: Trapping No. 8. The wealth of some of the inhabitants of Mleiha is demostrated by the burial of these magnificent gold horse trappings. They were ... Read More
Spouted Ceramic Jar, Muwellah, Sharjah, UAE. Iron Age II. 1000-600 BCE. Read More
Green glazed jar. 2nd-3rd century CE from the Mleiha “Palace”, Sharjah, UAE. 2nd-3rd Century CE. Sophie Méry and Michel Mouton. 2018:66, figure upper right. 588 ... Read More