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Period : Pre-Islamic
Material : Alabaster
Height : 2 cm
Diameter : 3.7 cm
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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 Century BCE-2nd Century CE.


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