Workshop excavation units
Section view of the the floor levels of the Trench 54 South workshop showing major excavation units.
HARP (Harappa Archaeological Research Project) a group of scholars from a variety of fields dedicated to advancing the study of the ancient Indus Valley civilization.
Group of incised baked steatite tablets
A group of 16 three-sided incised baked steatite tablets, all with the same inscriptions, were uncovered in mid- to late Period 3B debris outside of the curtain wall. (See 56). These tablets may originally been enclosed in a perishable container
Small pot
A small pot was found on the floor just to the west of the large globular vessel (the big hole in the wall is where it once sat). In the foreground are other large jars set into the floor and used as hearths or garbage pits.
Unicorn seal
Unicorn seal (H2000-4500/10007-01) found on the floor of Room 603 in Trench 43 (image 78), before conservation.
Section drawing
Section drawing of stratigraphic layers in the upper part of the Trench 54 South faience and steatite workshop.
Life and death of Harappan seals and tablets
An additional six copies of these tablets, again all with the same inscriptions, were found elsewhere in the debris outside of perimeter wall [250] including two near the group of 16 and two in debris between the perimeter and curtain walls.
Indus narrative tablets
Although neither of these specific molded terracotta tablet pieces comes from Trench 11, four less well preserved examples from the same mold(s) were found in debris outside of the perimeter wall in that area, clearly establishing a second half of
Bead Pot
Initial probing to determine the contents of this small pot (79) from Trench 38, Late Harappan Period, revealed the presence of carnelian and faience beads.
Unicorn seal
Unicorn seal (H2000-4500/10007-01) after conservation. Note the deeply chiseled engraving of the script similar to that found particularly on Period 3C rectangular seals.
Trench 54 perimeter wall
View of excavations on the west side of Trench 54 where brick robbers had removed several massive Harappan Period baked brick walls (c.