Richard Meadow photographing
Richard Meadow photographing the exposed wall and interior domestic features (Trench 41NE).
Harappa, Punjab ancient Indus civilization excavations, figurines, seals and other objects.
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.
Terra cotta dog figurine
Terra cotta figurine of a dog with a projecting collar. This type of collar is today often used on fighting dogs to protect their throats (H2000-4968/2165-52, Mound E, Trench 54).
Water buffalo figurine from Harappa
Some quadruped figurines are difficult to classify because the general form and many of the attributes of humpless cattle, water buffalo, and even rams may be very similar. Any of the three may have incising on the face and/or horns.
Basket impression and ceramic vessels
In preparing the basketry impression for removal, large numbers of broken Kot Diji phase ceramic vessels were uncovered, all discarded together into the street along with the basket.
Charred Wheat
Some of the burnt grains unearthed during excavations at Mohenjo-daro in the 1920s and 1930s.
Tokens or tablets, Harappa
Terra cotta tokens or tablets from Harappa. In Area G, south of the recently discovered gateway on Mound ET(20), excavators found a concentration of as many as 31 identical cylindrical terracotta tablets (top center), but it is not known what they
Button seal
This fired steatite button seal from the Kot Dijian Phase (Period 2, 2800-2600 BCE) shows a unique pattern that may be an early form of the Harappan script sign that may represent "house" or "temple."
The interior part of the city wall
The interior of the city wall shows mud bricks made from different colors of clay used during different phases of construction.
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.