Trench B, Excavation Overview
Mound A-B Trench B: General View from East-South East. This image was published in Vats' monograph as Pl XXX, d.
"In the high western part [of mound A-B] (PI. XXX, d, left back-ground) in square P 18/4, Stratum I.
Mound AB View from the South
A view of the fragmentary Harappa Phase building foundations located to the west of the Baba Noor Shah tomb.
- Jonathan Mark Kenoyer, 2023.
Harappa Earthen Jar D27
There are several photographs of the earthen jar D27 that was found on Mound A-B. This was one of the earliest complete pots discovered at Harappa. That this pot was one of the images published by Marshall in his announcement in the Illustrated
Painted Vase
"The sites F and A-B and some of the other mounds bid fair to yield many more valuable relics and the deep ravines cut by rain water afford convenient places for reaching the earlier strata with comparatively little trouble.
Painted Pot Sherds
These two pot sherds depict commonly recurring motifs on pottery at Harappa and Mohenjodaro. The sherd on the left has an interlocking circle, while the one on the right has a double-ring with starburst above a band of stripes and triangles.
Ringstones and Carved Stone from Trench B
Mound A-B
"The next three strata were devoid of any structural remains though the lowest of them was packed with a large number of undulating stone rings of the same character as those described by General Cunningham.
Two Steatite Unicorn Seals
The seals are published as Plate XIX, 8 and 9 in Sahni's report (Daya Ram Sahni, 1926. Annual Report Of The Archaeological Survey Of India 1923-24, pg 54.), but they are not individually identified in the text. The seal on the right (Pl.
Steatite Unicorn Seals
It is worth noting that in these earlier reports, seals were photographed in their original form. In Vats' monograph, photographs of the stamp seals were mostly taken from plaster casts of the originals, i.e.
Steatite Seals
These steatite seals are depicted in Sahni's report for 1923-24, although only only is described and its location provided.
The four seals are listed clockwise from the top left.
Seal 1: (Sahni Pl XIX, 13)
Seal 2: Mound A-B, Stratum V (Sahni, Pl XIX,
Copper Toiletry Set
"The sites F and A — B and some of the other mounds bid fair to yield many more valuable relics and the deep ravines cut by rain water afford convenient places for reaching the earlier strata with comparatively little trouble.