Boats from “Dilmun Houses”, A civilization Spanning Centuries

Agencies – Sudan Events

In the past, Bahrain was the center of a region with a cultural and political unity known as “Dilmun,” which extended along the coast of the Arabian Peninsula, from Failaka Island, which today belongs to the State of Kuwait, to the borders of the country of Majan, which is known today as Oman.
This region formed a link between Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley, and was known for its maritime commercial activity, due to the availability of economic and vital conditions in it, and the availability of the necessary resources and capabilities.
Written evidence of this activity is numerous, and is matched by artistic pictorial evidence, which appears in a group of seals decorated with inscriptions, found in Bahrain and Failaka.
Dilmun turned into a monopolistic commercial center, and this transformation was echoed in a famous Sumerian text dating back to the second millennium BC, which sings of the “good houses of Dilmun,” which are the houses from which gold, lapis lazuli, carnelian, myrtle wood, glorious sea timber, precious stones and crystal are transported , and copper of great strength and ebony and good metal, grains and sesame oil, and noble and glorious clothes.
From the islands of Bahrain and Failaka, a huge number of cylinder seals emerged decorated with pictorial engravings that encapsulate a wide world of multi-faceted connotations.
In a group of these seals, there are images of small boats that form a special plastic dictionary that bears witness to the maritime commercial role that Dilmun played over centuries.
These seals date back to three successive eras… The first stage extends from 2050 to 1900 BC.