Abstract
The current study seeks to analyze some themes and ornaments that appeared on metal pots in the west of Arab Gulf (Mleiha in the United Arab Emirates and Al- Fueda in the Sultana of Oman). The study also makes a comparison between the metal pots of previous regions and their counterparts in Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt. The Arab Gulf is of great importance because it represents an important center for commercial convoys and associates with ancient civilizations in Mesopotamia, ancient Egypt and other civilizations. The Arab Gulf produced a varied and splendid art with artistic output. On the other hand, Mesopotamia transferred the ancient Egyptian artistic influences to the Arab Gulf. The study highlights the two regions of Mlieha and Al- Fueda in the west of the Arab Gulf, Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt. Also, it shows the artistic influences on these pots. To describe and analyze such metal pots, the study adopts the descriptive analytical approach. The researcher has faced several difficulties, which are: 1) Finding a few of inscribed metal pots led to the difficulty of the local comparison where some sites did not reveal a rich metal product. 2) The scarcity of references and books specialized in metal arts in the Arab library. 3) Numerous metal sculpture works have been lost due to re- using and re- shaping these metals again. The study has reached many conclusions, the most important of which are: 1) The pots and plates were decorated with splendid inscriptions and ornaments, and their themes were quoted from neighboring countries. 2) The Study has noted that some metal inscriptions represented the pure local environment of the art at the time. Also, some of them were affected by the arts of neighboring civilizations in Mesopotamia, Syria and ancient Egypt.
Highlights
The humanitarian use of metals is one of the major cultural revolutions in the history of the mankind, no less important than the revolution of the discovery of agriculture and writing in ancient times
The current study sheds light on some of inscribed metal pots in the West of the Arab Gulf (Mleiha and AlFueda) and showing human, geometric, animal and floral ornaments that appeared on these pots
The stud has compared the pots of Mleiha and Al- Fueda with the pots in civilization of both Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt
Summary
The humanitarian use of metals is one of the major cultural revolutions in the history of the mankind, no less important than the revolution of the discovery of agriculture and writing in ancient times. The study deals with the inscribed metal pots in the west of the Gulf region, Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt. The depiction of running animals on the pots in the Arabian Peninsula, as shown in the magnificent inscriptions on the pots of mleiha and Al- Fueda (Boucharlat, 1991) may have been affected by the same artistic style of Mesopotamia school. Such style may be reached to Mesopotamia by Egypt where the depiction of running animals in ancient Egyptian art has old roots. The middle of the pot was decorated by a flower, which was surrounded by three inscribed rows
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