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Shell and Faience Objects from Harappa

  • Shell and Faience Objects from Harappa

Two rows of six objects, each row has three. Four pieces of bangles, or bracelets, three with fine “incised linear patterns”, to quote Vats 1940, p. 448; Middle bottom row: a pot with find no Ab 607 Middle Top row: misc. Two bangles on … >

Terracotta Objects

  • Terracotta Objects

Three long terracotta objects; the find number of the one in the right: A 347. NOTE: The find numbers on the back of the photograph are A 347, B IV 48, AB 81. >

Copper Objects from Harappa

  • Copper Objects from Harappa

Two copper objects, in two rows. The one on top row has a design etched on it. The one in the bottom row is possibly the copper chisel, which Sahni reported among the finds from Mound F, area of parallel wall: “a large copper chisel (Ae 342) mea… >

Terracotta Birds

  • Terracotta Birds

Four figures of birds. All without the head. NOTE: The find numbers written on the back of the photograph A (e) 96. AF 263. >

Copper Vessel

  • Copper Vessel

Published in ARASI 1924-25, Plate XXVII (i), and mentioned by Sahni as P.II, 13. Title of plate: ‘Terracotta and Other Objects’. Field no. PII-13. Published in Vats 1940, Vol. II, Plate C XXIV, 26; Sketch in Vats 1940, Vol. II, Plate … >

Harappa Beads

  • Harappa Beads

Six long beads, exhibited in two rows of three each. From mounds F and AB. Finds nos. that are noted are: A(e) 99, Ab 692, A(f) 1, B 1543, B 770. Two on either side of the bottom row are of terracotta as they look similar to the one publish… >

Objects and Bones, Shells

  • Harappa Objects and Bones, Shells

Four objects in a row. Second from right: ? piece of a stone ware bangle (?). NOTE: The find numbers written on the back of the photograph A 528, Ab 635, AB 1076, B4. >

Cubical Weights

  • Cubical Weights

Five cubical weights, possibly all made of chert; find nos. noted: AB 16, B 588, AB 101. From mound AB, and Vats noted that most were found from extensions of Pit I and II (Vats 1940, Vol. 1, p. 361). Vats described the shape as cuboid, and no… >

Shells from Harappa

  • Shells from Harappa

Three cores of a conch shell. Chipped to remove the pieces of the outer shell. Left, bottom row: possibly a ladle. Vats: "Shell was worked with great skill, and every part of it was turned to account in the manufacture of dippers, cups, bangle… >

Harappa Bangles etc.

  • Harappa Bangles

An assortment of personal ornaments, mostly beads, and a possible nose disc. Bottom row, 1st from left: Described by Vats as “cog-wheel shaped disc”, of which he found three found from Area H, from a burial jar (no. H149, published in Vats 1940, … >

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