Unexcavated Areas, Harappa
More unexcavated areas at Harappa.
Harappa, Punjab ancient Indus civilization excavations, figurines, seals and other objects.
Textile impressions
Textile impressions on a toy bed made during the Harappan Phase (c. 2600-1900 BCE) show finely woven cloth made of uniformly spun threads. This example shows a fairly tightly woven normal weave.
J. Mark Kenoyer videoed the "granary"
In addition to documentation with still photography, J. Mark Kenoyer videoed the "granary" areas excavated and narrated details of the stratigraphy and of the brick construction.
Steatite and Faience Seals and Tablets
The seals are numbered 1-7 from top left to bottom right.
Seal 1: Mound A-B
Sahni writes:
"The seventh stratum will probably be found to be occupied by a building of considerable magnitude though so far only a portion of its floor has been exposed.
Tablet with script
Mold-made faience tablet with script found in the eroded surface debris of Trench 54 (H2000-4484/2227-15).
Seated male figurine with hands raised from Harappa
Another type of male figurine sits with legs extended straight in front of the body and arms raised in front of the chest with hands clasped together, probably a posture of devotion or prayer.
Approximate dimensions (W x H x D): 2.9 x 5.1 x 5.8 cm.
Plan of Kot Diji phase levels
Plan view of Trench 39N Kot Diji phase levels (Period 2: 2800-2600 BC) with locations noted for major finds: sealing, elephant seal, inscribed sherds, limestone weight. This area appears to have been a street running between mud-brick structures.
Mound AB Map
A close view of Mound AB at Harappa from Madho Sarop Vats, Excavations at Harappa, Delhi, 1940, pp. 17, published some 16 years after Sahni's excavations here during the 1924-24 season.
Excerpts from Vats' description of the the mound are available
Bone tools
Bone tools from the Ravi Phase levels at Harappa ( c. 3300-2800 BCE) include projectile points (top three objects), a bone awl that may have been used for making basketry (middle) and polished rib fragments that may have been used in weaving.
Empty channel between two "granary" walls.
This image looking east shows baked brick rubble and trash that had spilled through the corbelled arch of a buttress from the exterior street into a then empty channel between two "granary" walls.