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Rhodian amphora stamps found in Mleiha (Sharjah, UAE ): old and recent finds
Author(s) -
Monsieur Patrick,
Overlaet Bruno,
Jasim Sabah A.,
Yousif Eisa,
Haerinck Ernie
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
arabian archaeology and epigraphy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.384
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1600-0471
pISSN - 0905-7196
DOI - 10.1111/aae.12015
Subject(s) - amphora , eponym , ancient history , archaeology , period (music) , history , geography , art , physics , acoustics , aesthetics
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 Ἀριστεύς and of the fabricants Ἀπολλώνιος and Φιλοστέφανος do not seem to occur very often.