Bilingual inscription, Tomb FA5, Mleiha, Sharjah

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Abstract

Bilingual South-Arabian / Aramaic funerary inscription discovered inside the burial chamber of tomb FA-5, Mleiha, Sharjah, UAE. (Overlaet 2018:14 Figure 9, Catalog No. 1). Central panel in south Arabian script, text along the rim in Aramaic. Text reads "Memorial and tomb of Amud son of Gurr son of Ali, inspector of the king of Oman, which built over him his son Amud son of Amud son if Gurr, inspector of the king of Oman." Dated to either 222/221 or 215/214 BCE. First record evidence of an Oman Kingdom (Overlaet 2018:13). Model of the original after stabilization. 358 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. Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab

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Archaeology and Historical Studies Ancient Egypt and Archaeology Ancient Near East History

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Publication date
24 July 2026
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EN
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