Glazed jar 3, Mleiha, Sharjah, UAE. 2nd C BCE

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Country

United Arab Emirates

Region

Sharjah

Material

Ceramic

Provenance

Sharjah Museum

Catalog number

green glazed 3

Internal ID

potery3

Digitization date

2/07/2019

Digitization method

Photogrammetry

Photos / scans number

689

Hardware

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

Lens

35 mm

Lighting

Foldio Lightbox

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 these 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 (2018:18, Figure 6, Cat 6), and Córdoba (2016:119, Figure 143).

638 photos. Completely processed (aligned, scaled, modeled, cleaned, simplified, unwrapped, textured, meshed) in Reality Capture.

B. Overlaet 2018. Mleiha, An Arab Kingdom on the Caravan Trails (Brussels 30.10-30.12.2018). Sharjah: Sharjah Archaeology Authority.