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Arquipelago de Origem:
Mleiha
Data da Peça:
2000-00-00
Data de Publicação:
14/10/2024
Autor:
Oficina da cultura Umm an-Nar
Chegada ao Arquipélago:
2024-10-14
Proprietário da Peça:
Museu do Centro Arqueológico de Mleiha
Proprietário da Imagem:
Rui Carita
Autor da Imagem:
Rui Carita
Pendente de prata com dois grifos, cultura Umm an-Nar, 2.600 a 2.000 a.C., Centro Arqueológico de Mleiha, emirado de Sharjah, Emirados Árabes Unidos.

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    Descrição
    Pendente de prata com dois grifos.
    (incompleto)
    Sítio de Jebel al-Buhais, 2000 a.C. (c.)
    Cultura Umm an-Nar (A Mãe do Fogo), 2.600 a 2.000 a.C.
    Área arqueológica começada a escavar em 1973.
    O Museu Nacional de Ras Al Khaimah possui exemplar completo, de ouro e prata filigranada, 5 x 11 cm., proveniente de Dhayah, 2000 a 1300 a.C. (c.).
    Fotografia de 12 de julho de 2024.
    Visita da equipa portuguesa de arquitetura do projeto Sitting Camel à Authority for Initiatives Implementation and Infrastructure Development (AIIID) (Mubadara ou Mbadara), em Sharjah.
    Centro Arqueológico de Mleiha (SM 1977-262), emirado de Sharjah, Emirados Árabes Unidos.

    Jebel al-Buhais lies within the central sector of the Emirate of Sharjah. Rising to about three hundred and forty meters above the surrounding plains, the Jebel consists of Maestrichtian limestone layers which date back to sixty or sixty-five million years. A series of intensive archaeological campaigns have recently taken place along the slopes and surrounding areas of the. Jebel. These excavations have resulted in the discovery of a massive grave yard which contains numerous graves belonging to the Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age and Hellenistic period. The Stone Age burial ground and settlement (Tomb BHS 18) dates to the beginning of the 5th millennium BC. The Bronze Age is represented by numerous tombs dating not only to the first half of the 3rd millennium BC but also to the Wadi Suq period of the 2nd millennium BC. The examples of Wadi Suq funerary architecture uncovered were notably diverse and included both over-ground, monumental style tombs and subterranean tombs. Tomb BHS 66 is a unique and unprecedented example of subterranean funerary architecture with a clover shaped layout consisting of four richly furnished burial chambers. The tomb had been used for collective burials with men, women and children buried together. Many human remains were thus housed alongside a wide variety of funerary offerings. Tombs BHS 8 and BHS 12 are other subterranean examples which yielded distinctive materials from the Wadi Suq period. These items included painted pottery, chlorite vessels, weaponry and personal adornments. A number of tombs belonging to the Iron Age (1st millennium BC) were also found. These consisted mainly of simple cist graves however the naturally occurring rock shelters of the Jebel had also been used to inter the dead and a number of Bronze Age tombs were found to have been re-used for burial purposes. The rock shelters in particular contained a variety of Iron Age materials. Despite the abundance of materials uncovered at the site, only a few graves contained items from the Hellenistic period. The Hellenistic materials found consisted mainly of glass vessels.