Rare black-glazed Rhodian amphora, Sharjah

Rare black-glazed Rhodian wine amphora discovered in Tomb of Amud FA-5 at Mleiha, Sharjah, UAE. Rhodian amphorae were popular burial goods at Mleiha from the early 3rd to the 1st century BC. Dated to the mid 3rd century BCE. It was glazed on the in- and outside, in Southern Mesopotamia. Around the base are three oval spur marks visible in the glaze, caused by the support on which the vessel was placed in the oven at the time of the glazing. The spike was later removed, a practice documented from other Rhodian amphorae at Mleiha. Figure 13 in Overlaet 2018:19; Figure 14 in Overlaet at al. 2018:37. 922 images, processed in Reality Capture. B. Overlaet 2018. Mleiha, An Arab Kingdom on the Caravan Trails (Brussels 30.10-30.12.2018). 2018, Sharjah: Sharjah Archaeology Authority. B. Overlaet, B. de Prez and P. Pincé 2018. Report of the 2016 Belgian Excavations Mleiha Area and the "Tomb o Amud". Annual Sharzah Archaeology, Issue 16, 25-48. GDH thanks and acknowledges Dr. Bruno Overlaet for this description.