Tomb_of_Amud

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Country

United Arab Emirates

Region

Sharjah

Age

Antiquity

Provenance

Tomb of Amud

Internal ID

Oman_Tomb_w_scans

Digitization date

2/08/2019

Digitization method

Photogrammetry/Laser Scanner

Hardware

Sony Alpha 7RIII

Lens

35 mm

Lighting

sunlight

The Tomb of Amud is one of a cluster of five monumental graves located near the town of Mleiha in the Emirate of Sharjah (UAE) that date between the 3rd and 1st century BCE. A team of Belgian archaeologists excavated the this tomb in 2016 under the direction of Dr. Bruno Overlaet from the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels and Eisa Yousif from the Sharjah Archaeology Authority. One of the most notable discoveries from the excavation was a lime plaster block with a funerary inscription written in both Arabic and Aramaic script. The writing reveals that the tomb was constructed for an inspector for the king of Oman, which is significant because this is the first historic reference to the Oman Kingdom.

This model was created in Reality Capture using data from a Faro Focus s70 laser scanner and terrestrial photogrammetry.