Scorpion Chalice, Mleiha, Sharjah, UAE 1st C CE.

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Country

United Arab Emirates

Region

Sharjah

Material

Ceramic

Provenance

Sharjah Museum

Catalog number

MLH8-01

Internal ID

scorpian cup

Digitization date

31/01/2019

Digitization method

Photogrammetry

Photos / scans number

313

Hardware

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

Lens

50mm

Lighting

Foldio Lightbox

Chalice, or drinking cup, with stylized scorpions. Reportedly imported in the 1st century CE from Iran to the site of Mleiha, Sharjah, UAE. MLH8-01. 313 photos. Completely processed (aligned, scaled, modeled, cleaned, simplified, unwrapped, textured, meshed) in Reality Capture.

Page 129, Figure 151.* in* J. Mª Córdoba 2016. La era de Mleiha: navegantes y caravanas antes del Islam. Pp 83-130 (Figure p. 92). In *EN LOS CONFINES DE ORIENTE PRÓXIMO: El hallazgo moderno del país de Magán*. Museo Arqueológico Nacional Catálogo de la Exposición Temporal Celebrada entre el 18 de abril y el 29 de mayo de 2016. Comisario: J. Mª Córdoba Zoilo. Comisarias adjuntas: C. del Cerro Linares, Mª C. Pérez Díe, E. Pons Mellado.