Rhodian amphora stamps found in Mleiha (Sharjah,UAE): old and recent finds |
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| Authors: | Patrick Monsieur Bruno Overlaet Sabah A Jasim Eisa Yousif Ernie Haerinck |
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| Institution: | 1. Ghent University, Dept. of Archaeology, , B‐9000 Ghent, Belgium;2. Royal Museums of Art and History, , B‐1000 Brussels, Belgium;3. Directorate of Antiquities, , Sharjah, PO Box 1741 Emirate of Sharjah, UAE |
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| Abstract: | To date Mleiha has yielded eighteen stamps belonging to Rhodian wine amphorae. Eleven of these can be dated to the second half of the third and the first half of the second centuries BC. Rhodian stamps are vital for the chronological framework of the PIR‐A period at Mleiha. Most of them, if not all, belonged to funerary contexts but were unfortunately rarely found in undisturbed contexts. The stamp types of the eponym ?ριστε?? and of the fabricants ?πολλ?νιο? and Φιλοστ?φανο? do not seem to occur very often. |
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| Keywords: | Mleiha south‐east Arabia stamped Rhodian wine amphorae PIR‐A period funerary context third– second century BC G Finkielsztejn's ‘ chronologie basse’ |
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